Getting Ready for Next Year

I began putting together my website for next year and it's a huge job. Every year I like to change some of the things I have students work with, i.e., common phrases, idioms, homework, etc. Every change I make has to connect with everything else I'm doing. If I change a new vocabulary word, I then have to change the homework. I also like to add some things that weren't there last year. This year I'm adding another requirement in the form of presentations. This idea came to me from another student. Students will be required to present to the class a favorite song or a book they enjoyed reading. It will be up to them on how they want to present it. I was also waiting on test dates to complete my planning phase. I just got one set of dates, now I'm waiting for my second set. There will be some smaller changes that I learned this past year, but it's not worth mentioning here. This takes up a lot of my time during the summer, but it's all worth it when school starts. I really enjoy the planning, creating, and implementing a finished product for the students. I know they will appreciate it when they experience it. School is out, but I have three meetings this week on other school related matters.