The English Teacher

exceeded the expectation in English, and 24 percent in math. Overall, these results were great, but the good results were attributed to the white students. White students are the minority population in DCPS and scored high proficiency rates in English and math (79 percent in English and 70 percent in math). Black and Hispanic students are the majority population, and scored low in both subjects (Black students 17 percent in both subjects and Hispanic students 21 percent in English and 22 percent…

inclusion of all types of students that teachers may encounter during their times in the schools. Inclusion is extremely important because it is the best way for the students to thrive and to help them reach their full potential. Reading Gonzales’ piece and watching Sonia Nieto, I was reminded of when I volunteered for a head start preschool in Denver. This school had students who were English Language Learners. Some students were easily picking up English, while other struggled and relied on…

This paper evaluates the curriculum initiative of Direct Interactive Instruction (DII) and its effectiveness in attaining higher scores on state level assessments in math and English. Clement Middle School took on this challenge in hindsight of the No Child Left Behind Initiative in which closing the gap in levels of student performance was seen as the ultimate tool in combating successful academic outcomes. “Educators are always called to consider something new, something that enables…

because it allows a good workplace communication in many businesses. Sam Dillon uses Dr. Hogan’s, a former university professor who heads an online business writing, quote “E-mail is a party to which English teachers have not been invited,” (pg. 415) to show, using a metaphor, that English teachers are failing to teach their students how to properly construct a professional e-mail. This quote would allow his audience, who is mostly highly educated people, to think back and relate to whether…

majority of my English classes the teacher taught the class by making us write papers, or by making the class read. I personally preferred learning by reading instead of by writing papers. In my English III class the teacher taught the class by videos, reading, teaching, and writing papers. I enjoyed when my English III teacher taught the class, and when she let us read, even though most of the class thought the books she gave us to read were uninteresting. In my high school English III class…

all graduation. Senior year also have a disagreeable side. For many students, graduation project was a major factor for them, because this project was based on if they had to take English IV another semester or they were graduating on time. We first learned about the senior project when entering the ninth grade. Teachers stressed to us how ruthless this…

“students are the depositors and the teacher is the depositor”, it means students under this kind of education are very passive; and “ the scope of action allowed to the students extends only as far as receiving, filing, and storing the deposits” it shows that students just accept the knowledge which their teachers given…

of proficiency and dearth of English language learning experiences. Whereas Xue’s mistakes increased as the interview progressed, her errors were consistently repeated in particular topic categories such as morphological plural [-s]. The recast by the interviewer for grammars did not correct this error, yet it was a successful approach for correcting the pronunciation of “sibling”. The justification for counting errors is productive in my opinion. Permitting the teacher and learner opportunities…

dictated by the institution that is responsible for providing the academic instruction. Certain institutions have a firm believe that explicit instruction is mandatory and a teacher will have to adjust their teaching style to the environment as much as practical. In other situations, the institution will allow the teacher to select their style and methods for teaching. The most important aspect of selecting a method to teach grammar, or a combination of methods, should be based on what will…

for Writing Teachers presents the working definition of writing as “a process of communication that uses a conventional graphic system to convey a message to a reader” (10). Understanding the dynamic interplay of the subject, message, reader, and writer is paramount to producing effective writing. Lindemann’s deconstruction of Roman Jakobson’s version of the communication diagram offers intriguing insight into the complex pathways of written communication, thus leading the writing teacher to a…