This week in my PDS, I learned about making changes. I had planned on teaching grammar to my juniors at the beginning of the week, then moving on to the introductory section of the literature book. We would talk about the foundations of America, while focusing on Puritan and Native American Literature. I had planned for this introduction to take about two weeks, after which we would move on to discussing the Crucible by Arthur Miller.
Everything was going according to plan until my host teacher received word from the office that the juniors would have to complete their research paper by the end of first semester. My host teacher informed me that I had seventeen days to finish The Crucible. This changed my plans drastically. Instead of spending up to a month on the text, I would only have a few short weeks to fit in all of the activities I had planned to do.
Thank goodness my host teacher was so helpful. She gave me all sorts of unit materials she had used in the past, mapped out a day-by-day schedule, and helped me rearrange my lesson plans so that I could time everything to work out. Although I will have to condense much of the information, I have confidence that I will be able to fit in everything that is necessary. On to another week!