Whew! The first day of school went off without a hitch. In all three classes that I teach (Popular Fiction, World Literature, and AP Literature), students were talking about Mockingjay, which was killing me since my book was delivered today after school. I love hearing students talk about books without me being the one to egg on the conversation. In fact, a couple of students plugged their ears and said, "Don't say anything! I haven't read it yet!" I loved it. It was also interesting to see them create interest in the students who weren't familiar with the books. I have a feeling that our librarians will have to get a few extra copies of the series!
Although I'm always a bit anxious to meet my new students and praying that I can weather the early morning schedule again, the day was a good one. I have high hopes for the coming school year. Tomorrow I teach the second day of students (we're on an A/B schedule), so I'm hoping it goes as well as today. My feet are sore tonight and I'm excited to go to bed, but that's a good feeling after a successful day. Now, off to bed to read a tantalizingly small portion of Mockingjay before I have to go to sleep!
Congrats on your first day back to school. I feel like such a heel myself for not knowing about The Hunger Games or Mockingjay until recently, but I have added them to my wishlist. It will just be a while before I read them. I HATE missing out on book discussions ugg. I wish I could be apart of your Popular Fiction class sounds awesome. :D
ReplyDeleteHow cool that they were as excited about Mockingjay as book bloggers! I don't think anyone in CO has even heard of those books yet, which is kind of funny.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad books like MOCKINGJAY are getting kids excited about reading. How awesome is that?
ReplyDeleteThat's so awesome that they were discussing Mockingjay! I've yet to read the series myself, but I love all the enthusiasm surrounding it.
ReplyDeleteI'm always in favor of any book that gets kids to want to read! Glad your first day went well!
ReplyDeleteI love those classes you are teaching! I'd love to hear about the novels and stories you'll be teaching this year.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun meeting you tonight! Thanks for helping to host a great party!
ReplyDeleteMillyMarie--I barely read The Hunger Games series this summer, so you're not too far behind. Thanks about the class! I hope it turns out well, but in the meantime, I'm excited to teach it. :)
ReplyDeleteHeidenkind--I think I have a unique bunch of students in this class. They are pretty much all readers, so it's fun to hear things I'm thinking come out of these teens' mouths! So fun to teach voracious readers!
Susan, Nymeth, & Lisa--I know! I love hearing teens get excited about a book.
Jessica--I'll try to post about what we're doing in class. I never really think about it, since I'm a little bit of a Nervous Nelly in sharing school things here. Silly, eh?
Debbie--It was fun meeting you too! I love meeting such talented people as yourself!