I did it! I did my first lesson (and now I get to start my planning my second one). I’m sure a lot of you will laugh at me when I say this, but it really did not go as planned. I was pretty nervous, and I know that came across to the kids. I had expected to get through …
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Engaging students in texts
I am in the third week of my first pedagogy course. Until now, we have been focusing on theory and the social contexts of schools and classrooms. We are now starting to apply what we know about theory and society to real classroom teaching situations. In my Integrating English and Social Studies in Secondary Education class yesterday, my professor gave …
Every once in a while teaching can be a tea party
I have yet to meet a teenager who would turn down the chance to mingle and munch. For this reason, and many more, I believe the English teacher I observe every week is a genius.
The first time I observed Amy White’s 9th grade English class, she and the class were in the midst of an old fashioned Maycomb County tea …
