When asked to choose a passage from Cion yesterday, I was completely baffled at what to choose. I guess I didn't read the book that indepthly. I just read it as a novel. I know now that was incorrect. I felt fairly useless in my group by not having a passage to discuss. I enjoyed discussing the passages of others though. I can see the depth in Cion now that we have talked about it. Lois, Chris, and Deb each had great passages and we discussed them. I still agree with Deb about not seeing how a sororiety girl, such as Beth, could get past the sexual assault aspect with Obed to actually consider "dating" him. I'm really learning a lot in this class. Much of which I plan to take back to my little guys this fall.
Yesterday Merrilee did a wonderful lesson with us on stress. It would have been interesting to do the adult version of the stress test...I'm sure I would have been off the charts. My main source of stress is, unfortunately, this class and it's self-induced stress. I think even my little guys would enjoy just relaxing at some points in our school day. First grade has several requirements and I'm sure they feel stress at different points in the year. Great Job!
Today Jayne did an excellent lesson on poems. I was a little apprehensive at first, but she assured me this morning that I would do okay. I did!! It was a lot of fun to write my own poem with her help. I think even the lowest student could write a color poem with some help. It was nice to accomplish a poem on my own and I didn't upset myself to the point of tears. Thanks!! :)
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Mindy, I am just so glad you revisted your response to _Cion_ here on the blog.
I don't know how many times I've had a strong reaction to a text then had to ask myself, why do I feel this way?
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