Learning Letter This class has been a great experience, and I’ve learned a lot though discussion, versus on my own, which I think is a good experience to gain from a class that can contribute to becoming a teacher. I think that teachers should teach and collaborate with both students and other teachers through discussion. Humans are a social species, which often learn though social, movement, and ultimately discussion. I liked the book talk aspect of the class, and I found it to be very helpful to acquire not only the books assigned to the class, but other books that my peers liked. I even got to add some books to my own fantasy collection. (I got to add more books to the pile that I have started) I liked the book about human trafficking, and the discussion that it started. First off, I liked the book in general because it sounded interesting and I also think I would enjoy reading it for my own pleasure. Secondly, I think that students need to be aware of the evil in the worl...
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My thoughts on Night... Wiesel's Night is an amazing book, but I would argue that the book requires its readers to have a certain amount of maturity. Sure, the subject of the holocaust is a hard subject to talk about, and I think that young people need to learn about it, but Night has some aspects that might be hard for younger readers to take seriously. I think this book would be a good fit for a reader that is in the eleventh or twelfth grade, and all those who are older than that. I would like to point out the importance of this book. I do not have any knowledge on the elementary/middle school curriculum in public schools, but my thirteen-year-old sister does not know what the holocaust was. She also has little knowledge as to what the Nazi’s are and who Hitler was. She has indeed heard of the nae Hitler, but she doesn’t know the connection between Hitler and WWII/holocaust. As a Social Studies major, I was immensely surprised that someone who was in middle school did no...
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My thoughts on Into the Wild… I read Into the Wild in high school (I’m not sure what grade) and it was a great coming of age novel. This novel is about a young man who graduates college and donates all his savings to charity/gives away all his possessions to embark the Alaskan wilderness. Christopher McCandless was born to a wealthy family and chooses to travel the Alaskan wilderness instead of moving into a prestigious career after he graduates college. McCandless ends up using an abandoned bus as shelter and unfortunately, he does not make it to see the end of his travels in the Alaskan wilderness. Into the Wild follows the assumed journey of McCandless, and his coming of age story. This novel would be a great resource for a coming of age unit because it is about McCandless coming of age. I would most certainly teach this book, and a lot of good discussion can come from this novel. For example, a coming of age discussion, such as asking a student or group of students “would you...
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My thoughts on The Round House I loved reading The Round House. I do understand how it is a young ADULT novel, because there are some topics that are controversial, such as rape, political issues, and racial issues. I personally would be hesitant teaching this book because of the graphicness of the novel. However, if I were to get the novel approved by administration, then I would be happy to teach the novel. The events that follow the rape are hard to read; they are also true facts. It is often a true thing that women (and some men) face when they are raped; they are afraid to tell anyone, including law enforcement, even if they know who the perpetrator is. There is often a depression that follows the rape, such as not wanted to get out of bed. I think that this book would make students aware that this happens in life, and that they need not be sheltered from this anymore. I think that parents would be on the fence about this book, but I think that it is important to educate stud...
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My thoughts on.... I Read It, But I Don’t Get It When reading I Read It, But I Don’t Get It, the first section that caught my eye was the section on already learning things in elementary school. I personally have heard secondary teachers say this to me, as I was not the best reader in elementary school and this reflected on my abilities in middle and high school. I think that it is important that teachers not assume things about their students; for example, one of their students could be English Language Learners in high school, and they are just now learning to read. Of course, this wasn’t taught to them in elementary school, because school was learned in another language for them. Later in the section, it was talked about to assign books and readings that students will like. If they don’t like the reading, then they probably won’t read it or even take interest in the reading. How are students supposed to take interest in a reading if they don’t understand it? By assigning ...
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City of Bones Summary: City of Bones is one of six books that make up the Mortal Instruments Series. City of Bones is the gate to a fascinating world of fantasy, following the path of a fifteen-year-old girl named Clary Fray. Her life starts out as fairly ordinary. She lives with her mother in New York and was pursuing getting into Art School. On her sixteenth birthday, however, everything changes. Clary goes to a nightclub with her best friend, Simon, and witnesses a “murder,” which understandably freaks her out. Clary sees two people with strange swords stabbing someone else, which resulted in the victim completely vanishing. She runs away and is later found by Simon who convinces Clary that what she saw was a hallucination or that maybe she was drugged. As Clary hopes that her life gets back to normal, she goes to a poetry reading with Simon the next day. There, Clary sees one of the murderers and insists that he talks to her in the alley. He agrees. Come to find out, the “mu...
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My thoughts on... Making Good Choices (edTPA) I do not have a lot of background on the edTPA, or the TPA lesson plan format for that matter. I wish the introductory classes like EDUC 303/309 would have been more informational on this subject. I almost think there could be a class specifically on teaching future teachers about the edTPA. This document helped a lot with explaining the directions and what exactly is expected of students to complete the edTPA. I thought that it was interesting that we would not be scored on spelling/grammar specifically, but rather we would be scored on the professionalism and how clear the edTPA would be. I also thought it was interesting that there was a page limit, which I personally think may be challenging when I actually make my lesson plan. At first I was glad that there was a page limit because I didn’t think that it would be too difficult to shorten down a lesson plan. However, this is simply not the case. Knowing myself, I tend to go down a r...