5am. My alarm clock didn't wake me yet, but my nerves sure did. Two more Mondays. Nine more days. So much to accomplish.
My cooperating teacher wasn't kidding when she said the Romeo and Juliet unit would take forever. I planned for maybe six weeks. We're approaching week six and are halfway through Act 3. The students are excited about it, they love reading it. Which is great and all except for the fact that I feel like I'm beating a dead horse. The other 9th grade English teacher started around the same time as me and is at about the same place...so it's not like I'm doing it wrong, but I can't help but feel that way.
I want to take a break from the monotonous reading this week and work on a debate with my students...but there's goes another week of not progressing with reading. Last week, we worked on adaptation projects. While they were fun and showcased the students understanding of the play, it's another week I will never get back.
I guess you could say I'm feeling the pressure of crunch time. There's so much I want to accomplish in and out of my classroom and I just feel like I am running out of time. I thought I would be excited to count down my final ten days...boy was I wrong. I don't want to say goodbye to my students. I wish I could continue with them and finish what I started.
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