First Encounter

So today I went to Naperville Central and met my CT Nicki (cooperating teacher) for the first time. She seems like she will be a great person to work with and I think we are going to get along. She just had her first baby so she was on maternity leave which means that she didn't have any classes I could observe. So instead we just walked around the school and I was introduced to a bunch of the other English teachers and a few administrators.
I also got the material for what I will be teaching in a few months! I will be teaching Contemporary Fiction, Intermediate Composition, AP Language and Composition and Yearbook. Nicki said that I will probably take over one class at a time so I am not completely overwhelmed by the amount of work. I also got copies of all the books I will be teaching this semester (and I didn't have to spend a penny!). My book list is...
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Night by Elie Wiesel
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

I've already read a majority of those books and the ones I haven't read, I will be reading this summer. Nicki told me not to stress out and spend my entire summer working on lesson plans, so I will take her advice and put everything off for a few weeks. Haha!