Tomorrow I start teaching my Beowulf: The Hero's Journey Unit to my nine Honors English 12 students at Ravenna High School. I am extremely nervous right now and even had a nightmare about it last night! As a final assessment in my Unit, I have the students creating their own Hero's Journey movies about a hero they create. In order for them to understand what I want, I am beginning the Unit by playing an example movie from a previous year. Not only will this prove as an excellent example, but it will also get them excited about learning about hero's such as Beowulf. After showing the movie, I plan to then pass out the Rubric for the project and explain more about it. Then, I will begin the teaching of Beowulf by giving a mini-lecture over the background of the Anglo-Saxons and having the students break up into groups of three and begin reading the first part of the text.
Even though I have what I am teaching tomorrow memorized completely in my head, I am still extremely nervous! I think part of it is because my supervisor Ron Lukart will be coming in to observe me and evaluate my teaching. So, not only will tomorrow be my first day in the classroom, but I will also be evaluated by my supervisor on my first day of teaching! Oh, yeah, in addition to that, my teacher decided that tomorrow would be a good day for me to video tape myself as well! Wow, I basically have a bunch of things happening in one day! I can't wait for tomorrow to be over! I hope it will not be as bad as my nightmares envision it...
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Your lesson plan sounds great, Mary Jo. You are a wonderful teacher... I am sure my U.S. Lit midterm will help prove that fact. Just think of all the things you will have accomplished after the observation and video tape. I am sure you will do great, and I will be sending good thoughts your way!
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