SSR

Now that I have first block prep, I miss SSR. I should be reading like everyone else in the school (yeah, right. Like about 60% of the school). And I used to read for SSR all the time - when I had a first block class. For those who don't know - SSR is silent sustained reading. We have 15 minutes tacked on the end of block one for everyone in the school to stop whatever they're doing and read silently.

I should be doing this, but I haven't gotten adjusted to my new prep hour - which is shorter than my old prep hour. So by the time I read essays, check off reading guides, get my room in order (and it never really is), and grades updated - I look up and it's already 9:30 and I haven't even made copies yet for my American Lit classes. I need to get used to that. I never had to make copies of anything - well, maybe some crappy grammar worksheets - for my Composition classes. But now I need to make copies (and for 50 students no less!) of stories. That takes time. I loathe our old American Lit textbook (I maybe use 20% of it). The rest is in the form of handouts. So during SSR I'm printing like mad. I gotta remember to bring a book along. Then I'll just have SSR in the copier room.

Now, on to College Comp. More later.