Back at School
Posted by kimford on October 23, 2008
Why is it that anytime I’m away from school, no matter how long, I come back feeling like I’ve been away for weeks? Nothing’s ever the same on my first day back. I have to figure out all over again what my job is, and there’s a disconnect to my world that I don’t enjoy. I think one of the reasons it feels like that is because things happen so fast in a middle school that if you’re not there every day, you miss something.
I spent most of today giving make-up tests for our district practice writing assessment. Well, that and keeping some in-school suspension kids all day because the ISS monitor was out today. How to keep them occupied all day without assignments? A book on tape with a text copy to read along. Get the right book, and it works every time. My all time favorite book to use with guys in that situation has to be…..
Gordon Korman’s Son of the Mob. ( Okay, so I don’t know how to get the whole picture in yet…I’m working on it.) But I sure know how to keep an eighth grade guy focused for almost an entire day. Just give him the book on tape, a print copy, and some headphones and he’s set. This funny story of ‘Romeo and Juliet meets The Sopranos‘ is a sure-fire hit. That’s why it’s today’s BOOK OF THE DAY!
