I am sorry I have not updated this blog in a few days. I have been so busy with school work. I have been a planning machine. It takes a lot of work to make the Malcolm X unit come off smoothly, especially when I do every assignment they do. I recently finished my persuasive speech. It took me at least 5 hours to write and create the podcast. I still have more to go.
I believe that when the kids see me doing the same work they do, it inspires them to do their best. One of the reasons I like teaching is I like doing the projects! Call me crazy, but I enjoy the fact that I have a speech due! If you would like to hear my speech, you can download it from the Malcolm X assignment page or the main page.
There is a quiz on unit 15 tomorrow, and the speech is due Friday. They also have a vocab final next Thursday. Then that is it! The speeches will take days to do, and they should be very entertaining! I am not sure if I am going to record them. I might video tape some of them. I cannot spend all my time making videos at the end of the year. The clock is ticking!
Interesting... I tried to research the Nation of Islam from school the other day. The State firewall blocks the content due to, "violence/hate/racism." Hum... I guess my students won't be researching the organization Malcolm X was involved with any time soon.