My life is in a whirl wind...

Lately, I have been very busy and stressed about life in general. I have had so much going on these last couple of weeks, it has been insane. I feel that I have not only been busy with school stuff, but with just everything in my life.
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Florida for the first half of Spring Break. I went with a couple of friends from high school and then also some from college. We had a great time and shared some wonderful memories that I will never forget. The day we got home from the beach, I had dinner with my family. This was a great thing since I had not spent much time with them in a while and I missed them terribly. Me and my family are very close and open with one another. Once I was home for a day or two, I decided to meet up with my friends at the local mexican restaurant in my town. We were all sitting at dinner and we decided to hurry home and pack a bag and head to Savannah for St. Patrick's day.
We all jumped in the car and went to Savannah for the last half of our Spring Break. We got done there in the wee hours of the morning. We slept for a short period of time and then woke up went to eat breakfast, and headed to St. Simon's to the beach for the day. There was a fair amount of people on the beach that day. It was really relaxing and fun just to be on the beach soaking up the sun. Later that night, we went to the store and got food so we could grill out. We had hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner. It was yummy! We got ready for the night and went to downtown Savannah for the all green Savannah to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. This was all of our first time being on River St. on this crazy holiday. We all had a great time.
Early the next morning we had to come home and get our lives back in order and ready to start the real world again. I thought that I would never be able to catch back up on sleep after this long week and weekends. We all had such a great time and I would do it again any day. I have now caught back up on sleep but could always use more time and I need more time in the day than I have :) Don't we ALL???

Unit of Study in WW!

I enjoyed reading chapter 12 from The Writing Workshop. I have learned so many new things that I didnt know before I began engaged in this book. I used to think that I would dread writing unit, but I think I will end up enjoying them in the long run. Chapter 12 gave examples of different ways to study and different topic during Writing Workshop. I have always known that unit plans are very tedious work and hard to do but after reading this, I think that it is going to come easy and interesting to me from now on. I have never had to write a unit lesson plan until this year. I have not had to write my unit plan yet for this semester but I am about to have to turn mine in. This chapter has motivated me and made me want to complete this unit to see how it is going to turn out in the end.
My mentor teacher gave all of the students a composition notebook and they have began to write poems and anything that they want to about life in general. I think that this is such a good idea for the students to be able to express their thoughts and is can be personal if they want it too or they can share with the class as a whole. I have been working with some of the students in small groups and letting them read aloud to me about what they are feeling and writing in their journals. I had a writing workshop period with my last mentor class but it was nothing like this semester. This is so much more organized and the students are able to be more free and are allowed to "just write" their thoughts and things that they have on their minds. Being able to share with the class is a positive thing. Just from me being in the class for two days a week, I have learned so much about all the students that read their journals out loud. I think that by doing this, I get to know the class more as a whole and each individual student personally.