Day 6 January 11, 2011

Today there was a subsitute in the 11th and 12th grade class, so it felt like I had the run of the classroom since I kind of knew their routine. The teacher's mother who is also an English teacher in the school gave me a movie that the students were supposed to watch and I set up the Tv for them. They were supposed to have a test today, but they will be having it tomorrow instead. In the 9th grade class they had a outline of their research paper do, but to the disappointment of the teacher, only 8 students in both the 2nd and 5th period actually did the work. She says she expected this and she always has 2 lessons set up because they are so not prepared for what high school has to offer. In grammar school they can miss homework and it barely reflects their grade, but in high school homeowork is a grade you need. She said that most of them are failing because they refuse to hand in homework. The part of the day that I enjoyed was in 4th period the 10th graders reading "Lord of the Flies" were watching the beginning part of the black and white movie, and comparing it to the book. At certain parts she stops and says whats different about this? Whats not right about this? I like that because it deffinitly show a difference in the actions when reading the book compared to the movie. Movies are way different from the book in so many ways, because they details are not allthe same and always adapted differently. It was an interesting day to say the least.