Feb. 1 (Wed.)

Well, Monday was horrible, but like always, Tuesday was better and today was even better. Sometimes they have bad days just like adults do, but it seems that their bad days are a result of wanting to be bad, not because they are in a bad mood.

Anyway, we continued with our speeches today. Several of the students still hadn’t written enough, which was no surprise, so the group broke in half- those who needed to write wrote with Mrs. Turk, while I worked on pronunciation and speaking skills with the other half. They really got into it, they enjoyed the lesson, and they have great speeches that are ready to present for their class. Even the novice students have practiced their speeches (very short) to the point where they are comfortable with the words and can present tomorrow, even Joseph, who I didn’t think would EVER get anything done!! I’m looking forward to their presentations tomorrow. I think they will be very entertaining, along with proving to them that they present these fables in convincing, first person speeches.