I do enjoy my last hour class. Yesterday I explained that their web evaluation should be done in a test like atmosphere. Since they normally are super quiet, I explained that it would be more of a problem for me than it would be for them. They agreed politely and smiled. Today was the second day of working in silence although many of them were finishing with plenty of time remaining. At one point a student wanted to know if they could look at meteor pictures online. "Look over your web evaluation, outline, introduction, and conclusion first. Maybe you could write me a poem or read," I suggested, and continued, "Make sure you log out when you are done with your web evaluation." When I looked up young lady was looking at her computer even though she had already finished her web evaluation. "What are you doing?" I interrogated.
"I'm looking at poetry sites online. You said to write a poem," she countered. I couldn't argue with her reasoning. The next time I looked up her and her neighbor were looking at a paper, writing, and giggling. "Are you writing me a poem?" I questioned.
"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
a meteor is coming
to get you."
(Just Kidding)
Love,
B & S
Obviously, we will need to work on poetry skills when we start poetry. Later in the class, the meteor came up again as most were finished. One student claimed she had not seen the video. I called her back to see the video. Suddenly, I had fifteen students around my desk and no control over the class. My last hour is always entertaining (in a good way).
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