As an English teacher, I often ask my students to compare and contrast. (Side Note: Does anyone else agree that "compare and contrast" is redundant?) I wouldn't be a very good teacher if I didn't model the skills I expect from my students, so I'm starting a series of blog posts in which I compare …
Category: Reflection
Curriculum Writing for English
Last year, I found out I was going to have a job as a full-time teacher two weeks before the school year started. I outlined my curriculum as much as possible, but these outlining sessions didn't produce more than a few pages of random notes. With the school year quickly approaching, I fell back on the …
Striking a Balance
Hello again! After months of blog neglect, I’m back with my first post since becoming a full-time teacher. Since I’ve been MIA for so long, let’s do some catch up before I even get into the meat of this post: I got hired as a full-time 10th grade English teacher at a charter school in …
Some Words to Remember as a First Year Teacher
A little over a year ago, I remember sitting in one of my first ever grad school classes. We were discussing with our professor what it's like when you first start teaching. To paraphrase one of the main points from that discussion, he told us that our first year, we would not be good teachers. Yes, you read …
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Student Survey Results
Intro My last day of student teaching, I asked the students to fill out a short survey asking them about their favorite and least favorite activities or lessons from the marking period. During our last classes, I distributed these surveys and asked students to take 5-10 minutes to fill them out. In part, I wanted …
