Today would be Thanksgiving in the U.S.

I wished some people happy turkey day online. I didn't have turkey... I'm sad. I think this is the first time I didn't have Thanksgiving with my family.

I was grateful that I didn't have class till later today and to give my body more time to rest. Although I think I caught a cold or something. My body hasn't been working the same since Wednesday. I was still sore and walking was even more difficult than I would have liked. I only had two classes today. The first was an 8th grade class. All we did in there was have the students give their self-introductions, which took the whole period. Next week they will practice The Blue Bird for the English Festival.

In the 11th grade, a class with Ms. Asada, we prepared them for the Oral Test the following week. Which in opinion seems pretty sudden. We were introducing the material today that they have to give next week. It's the same oral exam as the 12th grade final, but the 11th graders are more advanced than the seniors. They have had an opportunity to speak more because they have had more oral communication classes. Actually by the end of the period, most students had finished, so I had to add a few things to make it harder for them. It seemed as if it was too easy for them, but I'm not sure. We will see next week. I stuck around after school, putting the final touches on my lesson plans for Saturday 7th graders. I also wanted to get some of my elective class's material finished and out of the way too.

So I had talked to Ms. Sakai the teacher who sits in front of me about an NHK show called Eigo de Shaberanaito, which means you should speak English. We might do something fun with that. And then I was waiting around for another teacher to talk with too. She had another class afterschool, so I couldn't meet with her till around 5pm. And by the time we finished our discussion of our lesson plans it was already 7pm. It's mostly finished too, and we didn't even finish all of it. But I think it will be fun and good for the seniors. It will require a lot of work on my part though, although it will be good since I could get started now, and not get bogged down later.