I have come to fall in love with teaching in Catholic schools. What are YOU in love with?...

"Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything." - Pedro Arrupe

Monday, April 23, 2012

And so we begin again...

Tomorrow is going to be a great day.

No, not just great. Hmm...what's the word I'm looking for?...Simply splendiferous!

Why, you may ask? Well, tomorrow starts our final literature circle groups for the year.

And I get to lead Holes and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Um, yes please.

             

There will be a lot I'm expecting from the students in my group (see intro letter for Holes here), but it is, after all, the last novel study of the year. And these kiddos are ready for these books.

What will probably prove most challenging for this particular set of novels (the 2 mentioned above + Island of the Blue Dolphins and Shiloh) is that they are very different...and our groups are of mixed ability because they were chosen solely by student choice.

Here's crossing those fingers and holding on tight...

I'll let you know how they do. ;)

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