After school yesterday we had a faculty meeting right after school. My prep time on Tuesday is the first period of the day. Consequently I work on getting ready for my Sophomores. Ordinarily I will then take the time after school to prepare for classes the next day. But right after school to day we had a faculty meeting till 2:20 PM. Then I had to "meet the Sup" (or Superintendent). Representatives from our teachers association meet with him once a month to hash out problem and talk about things going on in the district on an informal basis. It is a very valuable meeting. That meeting went until 5 PM. I went home almost immediately and fixed dinner- for Joey and me. I quickly swallowed down dinner to make it my Italian class (my one after school indulgence this year) just a little late. I walked home and sat down with a glass of wine and chatted about the day with Donna for about a half hour. I went to the livingroom, turned on my laptop and promptly fell asleep.
So there goes my careful planning of the next day's lesson plan. Nevertheless I had prepared part of a quiz for my Freshmen but I still wanted to compose a quote quiz. I had done some preparation but did not actually compose the quote portion of the quiz. I got up at my usual time 6 AM but rushed my breakfast. I walked to work as usual then rushed to my computer and googled "To Kill a Mockingbird""Key quotes". I quickly assembled a quote test and had it on time to give to my student.
The preceeding story is by no means an endorsement for this kind of class preparation.
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