End of the semester round-up time!

[lady_sarai]

HI GUYS! It's been awhile.

I AM DONE. Spring semester ended officially last night after my very last presentation. I am freeeeeee. ...Well, until my summer course starts next Tuesday. But it's just the one class, as opposed to three. WHY I thought I could handle three graduate courses at once is beyond me now, but it looks like next year I can take two courses in the fall and two in the spring, then the summer practicum and I'll be done with the program! So--I am pleased with that.

IN ANY CASE. I did this last November, so I thought I'd do it for this April/May, since I've been, oh. Too busy to sleep. (...No, really, there was at least a two week period where I averaged 4-5 hours per night. If I was lucky.)



READINGS:
Professional Texts:
-Adventures in Graphica: Using Comics and Graphic Novels to Teach Comprehension, 2-6 by Terry Thompson [200 pages]
-The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller [240 pages]

Total pages: 440

Children's Literature "Literature Log":
(* = read in April/May)
Picture books:
1. Cupid and Psyche by Charlotte Craft [48 pages]
2. Crow Call by Lois Lowry [32 pages]
3. *Mars needs Moms by Berkeley Breathed [40 pages]
4. *1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O'Neill Grace & Margaret Bruchac [48 pages]
5. *Sacajawea by Lisa Erdrich [40 pages]
6. *John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon by Doreen Rappaport [30 pages]
7. *My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco [32 pages]
8. *I'm Allergic to School by Robert Pottle [32 pages]
9. The Three Pigs by David Wiesner [40 pages]
10. Owl Moon by Jane Yolen [32 pages]
11. *Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne [40 pages]
12. *The Little Bit Scary People by Emily Jenkins [32 pages]
13. *On the Farm by David Elliot [32 pages]
14. *Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family's Farm by Michael Rosen [144 pages]
15. The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo [32 pages]
Graphic Novels:
16. *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Eric Shanower/Skottie Young [192 pages]
17. Salt Water Taffy: The Legend of Old Salty by Matthew Loux [96 pages]
Chapter books:
18. Sand Dollar Summer by Kimberly Jones [224 pages]
19. Mogo the Third Warthog by Donna Jo Napoli [194 pages]
20. *A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park [160 pages]
21. *The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart [485 pages]
22. *The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd [336 pages]
23. Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse [240 pages]
24. Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor [320 pages]
25. *Eleven Birthdays by Wendy Mass [272 pages]
26. *Finally by Wendy Mass [296 pages]
27. *Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass [336 pages]
28. *Leap Day by Wendy Mass [224 pages]
29. *Heaven Looks a lot like the Mall by Wendy Mass [256 pages]
30. *Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass [304 pages]

Total books: 30
Total pages: 4,589

*Total Pages in April/May: 3,771 (20 books)
**Total Pages altogether: 5,029

WRITING:
Professional Book Responses:
Pages: 9
Words: 4,713
Children's Literature Blog Review:
Pages: 2
Words: 767
Literature Log:
Pages: 30 pages
Words: 10,239
Case Study and Lesson Plan:
Pages: 3
Words: 994
Journal Entries 2 + 3:
Pages: 4
Words: 958
Assessment Critique:
Pages: 3
Words: 564
Organic Primer:
Small book:
Pages: 11
Words: 247
Reflection:
Pages: 3
Words: 754
Author Study:
Pages: 9
Words: 3,396
Author Study Handout:
Pages: 2
Words: 1,217

Total Pages: 76
Total Words: 23,849

This April/May: 3,771 pages read; 23,849 words written
Last November: 954 pages read; 21,305 words written (plus NaNo: 72,805 words written)

And oh yeah. I put the entirety of my Lit Log online as a blog as my final project for the Horrible Computer Course. Just checked, and got an A+ on it, wooo! This brought my course grade from an A- to an A, which pleases me greatly. (The A- was because I didn't participate in class enough. Which was because if I participated, I would have said mean things.) And my grade for my Tuesday class is in too, and that's an A, so YAY! Just my Children's Lit grade to go. ...So far my assignments for that class have received perfect marks, so I am not so worried. (She is keeping my Literature Log as an exemplar to show future classes, which makes me a little bit giddy. Considering all the work I put into that sucker, I think I am allowed to be? Maybe?)

Oh, also--if you have never read anything by Wendy Mass, you really really need to. She's awesome and I loved her books. (She is who I did my author study on.)

IN ANY CASE, I AM DONE!

Comments

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

*glomps yooooooooooou*

I have a final today at 4 PM in Stats II. And with that (assuming I have studied enough to get a 29/100, which is the bare min. I need to pass, and I have.) I will be DONE with grad school! :D

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

::huuuuuuugs!::

Wooooooo! You can totally pull that off! YAY FOR BEING DONE!! :D

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 29/100 is ridiculously easy. I've been studying my butt off, in hopes of getting enough to move up a grade level, though. This class has been hell on a pogo stick, but at least it's almost over.

Thank God I took this class on its own now instead of last semester! @_@

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

I am sure you'll kick some exam ass. :D GO YOU!

Oh man, that would have been insane. You had a rough enough time without this mess!

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaand I got an 80/100! *dances wildly*

I am a happy dinosaur.

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIOOOOOOOOOOOOONS!!! \O/ You've worked really hard, that is so great! I CELEBRATE FOR YOU TWICE!

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

Hee! I appreciate it both times! :)

Now to relax for the first time in what seems like ever. I went SEMESTER FROM HELL/Five fic exchanges/CLASS FROM HELL. XD

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

Haha, tell me about it! I'm sitting here like "...but don't I have homework I should be doing? WHAT SHOULD I BE DOING??" ;)

[milleniumrex.livejournal.com]

I was actually doing that during my winter break. I would wake up in the morning, freaking out. "Oh, no! It's Tuesday! I overslept, and I've got to get to my practicum site! Wait, did I have homework in program evaluation this week? I'd better make sure I - Oh. Right. I'm on vacation." *goes back to sleep*

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that is ALWAYS a fun time. :P I have done that. ...And this semester my classes all started at different times and once I wound up going to my Tuesday class an hour early because I thought it was Wednesday. I am just glad I didn't do it the other way around. ;)

[marenzi.livejournal.com]

CONGRATS! I am so jealous proud of you! :D

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

Thaaaaaaaank you! When is YOUR semester--wait, trimester?--over? Are you in the crazy busy phase now?

[marenzi.livejournal.com]

Two more weeks of classes, then a week of finals. And yes, this is definitely crazy-busy, since I have I have an exam in each of my five classes on Thursday/Friday. Which means I should not be on LJ AT ALL, but you see how well that's going. :)

[lady-sarai.livejournal.com]

Eeep! YOU CAN DO IT, KATE! I BELIEEEEEEVE IN YOU! ::HUGS::