A Free Day For Me

I discovered how to get rid of my English Fridays; at least in the 8th grade. I had my sister come in this week and take over the period to do yearbook.
It was so much fun. I sat at my desk doing other work and my sister ran the class. They need a lot of time and have a ton of work to do, so I'll probably have to bring my sister in to take over more of my classes. Yay!
I went to school dressed in a long slinky skirt and my senior sweater and no one said a word! (Besides mu husband, of course.) The kids didn't look twice and the teachers just laughed. This school is so great.
The seventh grade outdid themselves on their projects.
I was right in my other post about M.B. having done all the work. She presented her group's project while everyone else pantimimed behind her. I must find a way to give her a good mark for this project even though her group is so failing.
The New England colonies group was adorable. S.E. and D.A. both dressed up as Indians, while the rest of the group dressed up as colonists and they all read a part of their sumary out loud. Their 3D model was very impressive also.
The last group was a flop. R.A. didn't come to school and N.N. was quick to tell me that it was because she hated the group. I honestly thought R.A. would be more mature about these things. A.S., who had had a problem with the group to begin with, really pulled herslef together and did very nicely. The group did not dress up like the other two did, and they literally read straight from their summaries which, by the way, I had to rewrite for them, because the principal refused to copy it in N.N.'s terrible handwriting. I had to spend the entire morning rewriting it.
After the groups, we all discussed them as a class, and I told them that I was very impressed with them. They were thrilled.
Now I just have to sit down and mark them...