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likeabulldozer) wrote2011-02-11 10:02 pm
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First a couple of book reviews cut because of spoilers. They are Keys to the Repository & Misguided Angel. Both out of the Blue Bloods series by Melissa De la Cruz
Keys to the Repository by Melissa de la Cruz
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
It's a 'reference' book for the Blue Bloods world and while I found some of it interesting (particularly the short stories about previously behind the scenes moments) a lot of it read...like a reference book. It was neat to find the mythology behind the stories and in the world but when she got to listing bios off...it got tedious after the main characters.
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Misguided Angel by Melissa de la Cruz
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I really did like this one because I love Sky and Jack. I also liked seeing Oliver outside of his role as Sky's familiar/conduit. I loved Mimi in this one because I feel we finally got a chance to see her grow and mature and develop beyond what she had been. I also really liked meeting another main character (Deming) and that character was interesting!
Overall, I approve!
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The student teaching gig is going well. I haven't done much yet outside of observe and try to learn all of their names. 8 classes of 7-30 kids depending on the class. I think 7 is the smallest class and 28-30 the largest. Next week I'm teaching the largest class a lesson. I've got it all planned up and such. It's not a fun lesson per say--Parts of the dictionary--but the cooperating teacher thinks they need it. I'm going to have them do a treasure hunt kind of thing with it getting them to actually use the dictionary and not the online one.
The kids at the school are really good kids. The biggest problems I have with them (or their regular teacher has) is there are a few chatty ones but in general they settle down and they get to work. We watched Buffy on Thursday. They're reading HG Wells The Invisible Man and she wanted them to see how literature impacts pop culture so we watched the Invisible Girl episode in S1 of Buffy. It was funny to see them watch it and hear the comments they made. Most of them really enjoyed it. They thought the fashion was funny. They kept saying 'It's the girl from 'How I met Your Mother' or 'It's the guy from Bones!' and 'Isn't she from Scooby Doo'. Oh SMG. How badly you need a good job.
My other school work is going pretty good. There's not a TON of it which is nice. A lot of people take this class while doing their student teaching so they go pretty light on the class work.
Kiddo is doing so much better in school on the whole. It's nice. I'm not sure if he's getting a tiny bit more mature or we've just gotten through to him. Regardless I'm grateful for it.
Okay. That's all I have to say. Ya'll have a great weekend!
Keys to the Repository by Melissa de la CruzMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
It's a 'reference' book for the Blue Bloods world and while I found some of it interesting (particularly the short stories about previously behind the scenes moments) a lot of it read...like a reference book. It was neat to find the mythology behind the stories and in the world but when she got to listing bios off...it got tedious after the main characters.
View all my reviews
Misguided Angel by Melissa de la CruzMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I really did like this one because I love Sky and Jack. I also liked seeing Oliver outside of his role as Sky's familiar/conduit. I loved Mimi in this one because I feel we finally got a chance to see her grow and mature and develop beyond what she had been. I also really liked meeting another main character (Deming) and that character was interesting!
Overall, I approve!
View all my reviews
The student teaching gig is going well. I haven't done much yet outside of observe and try to learn all of their names. 8 classes of 7-30 kids depending on the class. I think 7 is the smallest class and 28-30 the largest. Next week I'm teaching the largest class a lesson. I've got it all planned up and such. It's not a fun lesson per say--Parts of the dictionary--but the cooperating teacher thinks they need it. I'm going to have them do a treasure hunt kind of thing with it getting them to actually use the dictionary and not the online one.
The kids at the school are really good kids. The biggest problems I have with them (or their regular teacher has) is there are a few chatty ones but in general they settle down and they get to work. We watched Buffy on Thursday. They're reading HG Wells The Invisible Man and she wanted them to see how literature impacts pop culture so we watched the Invisible Girl episode in S1 of Buffy. It was funny to see them watch it and hear the comments they made. Most of them really enjoyed it. They thought the fashion was funny. They kept saying 'It's the girl from 'How I met Your Mother' or 'It's the guy from Bones!' and 'Isn't she from Scooby Doo'. Oh SMG. How badly you need a good job.
My other school work is going pretty good. There's not a TON of it which is nice. A lot of people take this class while doing their student teaching so they go pretty light on the class work.
Kiddo is doing so much better in school on the whole. It's nice. I'm not sure if he's getting a tiny bit more mature or we've just gotten through to him. Regardless I'm grateful for it.
Okay. That's all I have to say. Ya'll have a great weekend!
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YAY for the kiddo doing better in school