Last night, I sat down and tried to plan out the next/last five weeks of my first semester of English Comp. I realized that I have been slacking. I haven't done a single lesson on language choice (connotation/denotation, concrete vs. abstract, etc.) which was supposed to be one of the main focal points of the course. I've also only done one class about audience awareness and haven't taught them how to write good conclusions (which is so evident in their essays!). If I try to do all the stuff that I meant to do earlier, then I won't get to do the stuff I thought I'd do at the end. Decisions, decisions.
During my training for this course, we were told not to try to plan things too far ahead of time, but now I wish I would have. Then I'd know that fifteen weeks is not as long as it seems. Well, I guess I know for next semester. Hopefully none of my students flunk out of English Comp 2 next semester.
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