Mocks

Over the weekend I caught a slight cold. Thankfully it cleared up just in time but I still feel slightly ill. I notice people all around are starting to come down with it.

The 11th grade mocks were today. Understandably they were all incredibly nervous but one if particular started to have a panic attack. Ms. Hatch tried to calm her down by allowing her to sit in her office with a drink. I also tried to comfort her by telling her the truth that she had plenty of ability and talent and she did seem to cheer up a bit. Ms. Hatch told her she would give her an extra hour which really seemed to lift her spirits.

Other than that I helped by overseeing another class while Hatch was away, helping go over their pieces and worksheets. What I found funny and interesting was how they all wanted to squeeze as much as possible everything they had onto one sheet because they assumed it would take less time but actually meant they would spend more time rearranging everything to fit. So I pointed that out. I did have some difficulty with one student who seemed really lost as her response to my questions of 'why do you have this or that image' was 'I don't know'. I told her how she could rearrange her sheets in a clearer order and put in an example of her final piece so the rest is up to her.

LUNCH BREAK

worked a little more to my masks presentation. I added an Aztec section. So for two periods each to a different seventh grade class I gave a presentation on masks of different cultures. The first were exceptionally attentive and had the right level of noise/discourse among themselves. The second were a bit more unruly by comparison but acceptable. I've now given the presentation to Ms Curtain to put up on the web.