Twelfth grade

When hearing the words “writing workshop,” I immediately thought about higher-grade levels such as junior and senior high schools. I pictured teachers setting aside time in class, or even a separate class, for students to work on writing papers, mechanical skills, and the process of writing in general. Yet after reading chapter one in Teaching Writing: Balancing Process and Product, I began to get the sense that the simplicity of the writing process lends itself to be applied in a variety of…

thought of myself as a Christian because I always went to church, prayed, went to Sunday school, and said I loved Jesus. When I was in 1st grade, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She survived, but this really scared me and I questioned why God would do something that bad to my mom. I went to Young Life family camp at Sharptop for the first time in 2nd grade and although I was really young, I saw what it was like to live like Jesus. I went to family camp for about 4 years, but at this…

Karachi. Unfortunately, I do not remember my time spent there as I was only a young child. Shortly after my family moved to Canada, I started school! I was one of those odd students who would be beyond excited to start school. My excitement lasted until grade nine, However, now I think I enjoy sleeping in a bit more. Even if I enjoy my sleep, school to me is really enjoyable, especially high school. To me, high school is not here to torture me with homework, or stress me to the point of hatred,…

other, of the four I worked with at were different grade levels and had different years of experience. They were all math teaching in middle school, the first I met with was Ms. Hall a seventh grade teacher in her second year of teaching, the second was Ms. Ambriz a sixth grade teacher with twelve years of experience on that same day I also visit Ms. Martinez eighth grade with more years than Ms. Ambriz and finally Mr. Bravo who was also a sixth grade teacher on his first year of teaching. When…

Introduction So much emphasis is being placed on standardized academic scores that time for physical activity is shrinking in our school system. In Florida, students in grades K - 5 shall have the equivalent of two 30-minute physical education classes per week taught by certified physical education teachers and provide a daily 15-minute recess for all students. According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Children and adolescents should do 60 minutes (1 hour) or…

Eagle School is an intermediate school for third through fifth grade in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The area surrounding the school is urban with apartments, housing, and many businesses. Houses surrounding the school are close in proximity to one another. Through an interview with the school principal Mr. Mullenax, the majority of the students live in poverty and have parents with criminal backgrounds. The school is a title one school with free breakfast, lunch, and take home meals for the…

Developing the love I have for English is one that has continuously grown, and will continue to grow throughout my life. English and I started out as close friends when I was young. As a child every night before bed I choose a book off of my shelf and climbed under the covers and my mother read to me. I remember listening to the stories while carefully examining the pictures before she flipped the page. When she went to work I still skimmed the pictures and retold the story the best I could…

My frequent trips to the eerily quiet school library started almost ten years ago, in my first grade class with Mrs. Yenser. Thick paperback novels, controversial science fiction, doomsday utopian societies, sappy romances, and even an educational biography every once in a while were some of my best friends throughout my elementary age. I flew through Tom Sawyer, the Alex Rider series, To Kill a Mockingbird, and several dozen other intriguing reads. Knowing I had become hooked on reading, many…

Week One I will be completing my observation at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, we are an inner city school that falls under title1 accommodations; meaning more that 90% of our students go for title 1 services. We also provide free lunch program for the entire school body. The majority of the students come from low income homes. The population of the school is of Hispanic descent, a big portion of the students being first generation Dominican. O.L.Q.M is an extremely warm environment for the…

disliking reading because he did not understand why it was important and he had a reading disability. Once Rodriguez finished his reading program he wanted to read as many books that he could. I can relate to Rodrigues because when I was in third grade I had troubles with reading, and because I had troubled reading I came to dislike reading. I later on in my life realized why reading is important. However I do not completely agree with the author. Rodriguez read certain books so that he would…