Celebrate

It was student led conference week, district speech week, and the end of February. Chaos and Craziness reigned. And while I thought I didn't have anything to write about when I opened up my blog this morning (really, I think I was just being lazy. I am really tired this morning), when I look through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, I realized just how great of a week it was, even if I didn't remember it all. I'm changing up Creative Writing a bit this semester because I have a student teacher starting next week (and that is a celebration! I can't wait to work with her). So this week, we spent playing with words and stories. It's my "Making Writing Fun Again" plan. It's silly little group writing activities that move my high schoolers to be more creative. They had a blast! I also graded this little gem of Expressive/Reflective writing this week. A high school senior, ending his wrestling career, wrote this. Modeled after Kobe Bryant's