Kontan.

I just finished lesson plans for the rest of the year…yes, YEAR. 2008 is just about over people! WOW! It is at this point of the semester that I get a little panicky. OMG, I am only on chapter 11 of 32 chapters and the state test/AP tests are in April and May. Yikes! No pressure, but the job is a year to year thing and well…If the students suck on the test then adios empleo! Fortunately, test scores do not come back until the summer. Actually, I am comfortable that almost all of my students will do well. Admin says they are not concerned with test scores, but want emphasis on college prep. Let’s face it, if your students fail admin is not going to be happy. The importance of test scores is simple reality.

When I looked at the calendar and started planning I was very concerned about the pace. From discussing with other history teachers I feel confident in what I have covered so far and feel like I am on track, but there are almost 200 years and some pretty major events that I need to cover before the AP exam. Unfortunately, my students are going to have to do work over winter break. Unlike many of their other teachers, I didn’t give them work over Thanksgiving. Maybe if I get it together and posted next week they can work really hard to complete it before break starts and not have to worry about it. I can create online worksheets and a test for them to take, then when they come back we will review and fight the civil war. That will subtract about 35 years for me to directly address. Sounds like a plan.

Now, off to bed and back to the daily grind.