Week 10

Week of October 26, 2009
In English 12, the students took an open-notes test on the Canterbury Tales characters. I had to modify the test, for it was too difficult for students. It was important for me to meet the needs of students.

In English 10 and Honors English 10, we went over the history of the Black Plague before reading "The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allen Poe. This story fit in well with Halloween being Saturday.

Creative writing students worked on writing and telling scary stories. Students enjoyed this activity. They even brought in props and costumes in order to make their stories scarier. I'm not going to lie, I was very scared by the stories!

English 10, Honors English 10, and English 12 studied Urban Legends on Friday. I showed the students the history of Urban Legends and videos of popular and unpopular legends that they may or may not have known. I even taught the students on Local Legends. These were very popular with the students because they had many local legends in this area. The most popular local legend of Blacksville, West Virginia is that of "The Witch's Grave". The students enjoyed reading, learning, listening, and watching legends, the popular literary genre.

In school on Friday, almost all the students wore pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The cheerleaders sponsored awareness day to raise money to support breast cancer. Those that wore pink were allotted extra time at lunch. Also, in order to wear hats for the day, the students paid $1. The proceeds went to breast cancer research. I was proud of the Cee-Bee students who supported breast cancer.

At the game Friday night, the crowd was encouraged to wear pink to continue supporting breast cancer awareness. I went to the game that was against Notre Dame, and I wore pink. The game was a close one! I was so nervous the entire game. The Cee-Bees ended up pulling out a victory against the Fighting Irish. I was proud of my students that played in the game!