The English Teacher

that it would not be an issue when finding two teachers that have had an ELL student. This was not the case because I had trouble finding two teachers that had taught an ELL student and I believe it was because we live in an area that does not have many ELL students. After asking a few teachers their experiences with working with ELL students, I finally found two teachers that both gave me a great answers to the interview questions. The first teacher I interviewed had an experience in two…

Teachers are important to today’s children. Teachers may teach different subjects or grade levels. Some teachers teach in public schools, while others teach in non-traditional settings like online schools or even home schools. At Southview, our teachers care about our students and want them to do their best. Two teachers that work together every day at Southview are Mr. Greenberg and Mrs. Houts as they co-teach English class. Mr. Greenberg and Mrs. Houts are both caring, but they differ in…

Literature Review Teacher Cognition Teacher’s beliefs are often studies under the broader heading of teacher cognition, which also involves related concepts such as attitude and knowledge. However, in this literature review, key components of this section are the study of teachers the development of teacher cognition and language education research, definitions of teacher cognition, the relationship between teacher cognition and behaviour, appraisal of data collection methods in teacher…

author and critic who was born in the 1940’s and has produced multiple works which have been rewarded with grants and honors. Prose wants the reader ask themselves how aware English teachers are about their curriculum regarding literature. It is Prose’s belief that instead of choosing real challenging books, English teachers around the country are choosing books with simpler themes and characters, and preventing deep thought about their meanings, which is stunting the love of books for high…

books that we will read next year, the teacher or the students? I support the decision to have the teacher pick the books we will be reading for next school year. I believe this because of these reasons; the teacher has experience with a very wide variety of all sorts of books, she will challenge the students more with her choice of books, and she will choose books that she can prepare for in advance. Although she may only choose books that interest her, the teacher has extensive experience and…

There we shadowed Bernadette Hurd, who was actually my 6th grade math teacher back in the day. Now she is a 6th grade English teacher and we observed her class and asked her multiple questions about the career in general. We also made loads of copies for her and helped her catch up on lesson plans. Her typical day consisted of greeting the kids in the morning, and then teaching and guiding 6th grade students with the 6th grade English curriculum that was given to her from her boss who is…

also primarily white with a few Hispanic teachers in the whole school. During school, we were all in the same classes. In my Spanish class, my teacher used the opportunity of having a mixed class to her advantage. When we were allowed to pick our own groups, she encouraged that the Hispanics and the white kids worked together instead of being separated. This has caused me to create some life long friends that I otherwise would not have talked to. Other teachers picked groups for us, forcing us…

everywhere in this world and as teachers we must push our students to understand literacy no matter what content we are teaching. Literacy is included in all subjects, it might not be the main source of a certain subject but it is important in every subject. Other teachers might not understand that literacy is needed for every course that they teach. In the article Literacy and Language as Learning in Content-Area Classes: A Departure From "Every Teacher a Teacher of Reading" Douglas Fisher and…

turning in a draft paper to the English teacher, and the next day receiving a paper with more scribbles and writing than a doctor’s note from a hypochondriac. These notes are meant to help us, but inevitably make us doubt our writing style, content, and meaning of existence. However we, and also our teachers, may have the wrong idea about revising and annotating. Nancy Sommers’s journal article “Responding to Student Writing”, from The National Council of Teachers of English, discusses this…

English Experience “Really, you enjoy English, but it involved lots of reading and writing?” That questions I always get ask when I mention that I like English. Why? I have come to like English very much because English has helped me to become a better person. It has allowed me to become a more open minded person and make me understand there are always many options available not only with English but in real life as well. It showed me that there are always many solutions to one problem.…