So I've been watching these DVDs about how to teach composition.
After watching them, I'm not sure I'm a very good writer myself. I feel very ill-equipped to handle this co-op class. I might could do this with my own children, but other homeschool moms are putting their children in my care for an hour and a half a week for me to oversee their 7th-9th grader succeed in writing. AAHAHAH.... I sure hope I can do this. At first I was confident enough and was thinking, "The Lord will help me." Now, I'm only thinking, "Please, Please Help. Help. Help. Please. What have I gotten myself into??"
Pros: The program itself is great. I think the children will be successful right away. I enjoy children in this age group, and I feel pretty sure I can encourage them to do well.
Cons: I can't close my eyes and remember everything from the DVDs on how to teach this. I don't believe I can recite or come up with on-the-fly strong verbs and cool adverbs and different adjectives to help the children out. My thoughts are not that organized which would help in my writing as well as helping the children to get through their own writing. Also, I'm not confident with this age group about where goofing around is ok and when it is not. My past failures don't seem to want to release their hold on me. It's been 12 years. *sigh*
We will see how this goes. May the Lord be with me. May I be up to the challenge.
