The English Teacher

seems as in recent years that these standards are more public because of different pieces of technology. With the implementation of the CCSS or similar standards testing has also become a hot topic of discussion. The focus of testing is mainly on English language arts and Mathematics. While these two subject areas are important others are being left behind in order to make sure that students produce gains in the tested subjects.…

this process throughout of high school, and up till now in college. When I got to my senior year (12th grade), not only the writing I did was similar to college writing, but the class itself has the feeling of a college class. My 12th grade English class teacher introduces the class to Purdue OWL. It is a website that contains writing resources and instructional material to assist the class with many, writing projects/essays throughout the school. The website is supposed to clear up any…

school wide writing assignment, I am looking for some teacher input. In the second week of January, students will be writing a narrative in English classes. The topic of the narrative is up to the English teacher. There will be guidelines/rubrics in place, but ultimately, we would like to essay to tie into the content currently being taught in class. We are hoping to complete the essays by the end of the second week back. This will allow for teachers to use the block periods to hopefully…

To be an ESL student in the regular classroom is not easy for the students and the teachers. Researchers agree that most of the time, the high school and middle school teachers are less prepared to receive this type of students in their classroom (DelliCarpini). I am an ESL student in this type of classroom. It was very hard for me at the beginning. Moving here by myself was very difficult. Everything was so new for me like house, school, people, and food. I was living at the dorm with people I…

teacher’s through consistent progress monitoring to identify SLD students early to receive more intensive interventions. RTI also brings together the general education teacher and the special education together to create effective and efficient interventions. The traditional model required the special education teacher and general education teacher to work independently. The traditional model had larger more crowded classrooms whereas, RTI has smaller class sizes that focus on more…

school, my english teacher taught me how to express myself through my own descriptive writing. Throughout these years of being a student, I never had a mentor reach out to me in that way with writing. After graduating, I took a year off from school so I could figure out what I wanted to major in. In that time, I realized how influential teachers and professors can be in those years for pupils. Unofficially until moving to a university, I have declared my major as education for English. I…

Teachers can create an optimal learning environment for students by creating an anxiety free and respectful atmosphere where the student can feel safe talking in class. ELL students should not be pressured into talking in class, they may not feel comfortable for talking for months, talking in class should be voluntarily based only. Teachers should avoid cognitively demanding communication where the student has to analyze information quick, or at least make it minimal. Also, students can start…

program as well as to meet the team of teachers and their students. I will hope to capture in this reflection the knowledge obtained, the positive aspects, and outcomes of this valuable practice. From the very beginning I felt very comfortable with both teachers and the students’. I believe any EL’ student is in need of constant support and positive reinforcement, so that he/she will eventually reach a cognitive, linguistic and social proficiency in the English language; and with this…

great deal of knowledge about becoming a better writer can be learned in high school English classes if the teachers apply different writing techniques. In chapter eleven of John Santrock’s textbook Educational Psychology and Sharon Zumbrunn and Keegan Krause’s article “Conversations with Leaders: Principles of Effective Writing Instruction” many best practices for teaching writing are given in hopes to provide teachers with numerous ways to teach their students to become better…

By: Silke Lozier Ever since I was a young kid, I thought I was stupid because of how my teachers and my peers would treat me. In fact, it was mostly my teachers that made me feel stupid. I loved to learn, but my teachers slowly made me hate it. I went through elementary and middle school missing a lot of days because I was “sick”, I didn't want to have to face my teachers when I didn't finish a project or my homework. I felt stupid. Powerless even. In grade 4 I transferred schools to Duke of…