Today was funnish.

The students are making maps of Maycomb, Alabama, a la To Kill a Mockingbird. I'm certain every middle school teacher in the known universe has used or discarded this particular lesson plan thing, but it's new to me. And there is nothing sweeter than the sound of small groups of students working cooperatively on projects while murmuring softly about the character motivations of the people in the book they're reading.

There was a run-on sentence for you.

The students are losing momentum. I am oddly energized. What's that about? I'm trying to use up my Trader Joe's vitamins that have been gathering dust on the shelf... Could that be it?

Probably it's that I didn't assign a bucket of homework at the end of last week and therefore I am not swamped with correcting and grading today. This will all change by the end of the week. At this point in the year I am finally getting the idea about pacing myself with assignments. It certainly has taken me a while to figure it out.