WEEK TWELVE- Daily Log: Wednesday, May 16, 2007

• The weather was a lot better today since the humidity was not as bad in the school. It's crazy how the weather affects your mood. I was a lot more cheerful today, and I got right to work when I arrived at my placement. The first thing I did today was listen to some of the grade eights present their valedictorian speeches in the library. Some were really good, amd Mme. Mercer is one of the teachers who will be deciding the winner. It is going to be a really tough decision, and I am fully willing to give my opinion. We will listen to the rest later next week.


• I then helped Mme. Colonna with some filing and I had to write the names of some students on sheets with some of their marks.


• I then made my way to class, where they would continue to work on their menus. If they did not finish their rough copies in class today, they would have to bring it home and finish it for homework. I took out about six students from each class to work on their menus. I helped them with any questions they had and proofread some of their work. I was not supposed to perfect their writing, only point out some of their more major mistakes. It was really fun to work one on one with the students again, and my groups behaved really well. They were very quiet and concentrated on their work, but we still managed to have a good time. I collected all the menus at the end of class, and showed them my example menu.


• During planning time, I helped Mrs. Malizia shelf books. It was pretty straightforward because I just had to alphabetize them and follow the numbers on the books' spine. I had a lot of fun today, and look forward to coming back tomorrow. I have to look through a real french menu for Mme. Mercer tonight, and pick out six foods for the grade sixes to translate next week. I worked for three and a half hours today.