My 3 learning styles were:
1. Self
2. Language
3. Musical
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
Power Standard
In a Shakespeare based unit, students would read Macbeth along with a variety of Shakesperean sonnets. Students would begin by learning about the time period in which Shakespeare wrote plays to better understand the theatrical conventions of the time. Next, they would read Macbeth aloud by performing it as a play with each of the students assigned a new character each day. This would allow my struggling student the opportunity to direct his energy toward classroom material, would fulfill his desire for attention and give him the opportunity to utilize his humor through the characters in the play. Public performance may be one of his strengths based on his desire to be noticed in the classroom. Next, students would create epitaphs for the characters using this lesson plan. Students would then read and analyze sonnets in order to fulfill this power standard.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Observations of a struggling student
Student is talkative and disruptive. He likes the teacher and she likes him as well. He is also well-liked by students though they are often irritated by his outbursts. He doesn't take work seriously. He does not meet the deadlines for assignments. He is often given detention. He seems to enjoy the attention that he is given when he makes jokes in class. Both students and teacher are distracted by him. He seems to be bored with schoolwork. The challenge will be creating lessons that engage and involve him.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Where I'm From
I am from the house behind the rust-red picket fence; from Nunny's homemade pancakes and Mom's chicken and dumplings.
I am from the mornings when Chester the rooster crows to let us know the sun is up and dad's hunting dogs bark in enthusiastic response.
I am from chestnut trees, poison ivy.
I am from canning homegrown food and the pride of accomplishment, from my mother Valerie and my father Troy, my Nunny and my Papa Joe.
I am from the gardens I never learned to grow and the cows I never learned to milk.
From ghost stories surrounding those local lives passed and tales of deep-woods creatures who never showed up.
I am from the merging of a Catholic mother and a Pentecostal father; a religion with no name, deep-seated in faith.
I am from the shores of Italy and the hills of Appalachia, fried frittis and fried chicken.
From grandparents who value love and togetherness; grandparents I will never forget.
From grandparents who value hard work and self-sufficiency; grandparents I hardly know.
I am from a court battle for memories, photographs clutched in desparation, the home where I'm from no longer my home.
I am from the mornings when Chester the rooster crows to let us know the sun is up and dad's hunting dogs bark in enthusiastic response.
I am from chestnut trees, poison ivy.
I am from canning homegrown food and the pride of accomplishment, from my mother Valerie and my father Troy, my Nunny and my Papa Joe.
I am from the gardens I never learned to grow and the cows I never learned to milk.
From ghost stories surrounding those local lives passed and tales of deep-woods creatures who never showed up.
I am from the merging of a Catholic mother and a Pentecostal father; a religion with no name, deep-seated in faith.
I am from the shores of Italy and the hills of Appalachia, fried frittis and fried chicken.
From grandparents who value love and togetherness; grandparents I will never forget.
From grandparents who value hard work and self-sufficiency; grandparents I hardly know.
I am from a court battle for memories, photographs clutched in desparation, the home where I'm from no longer my home.
Student Interest Survey
To view a student interest survey used in the english classroom, click here!
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