At the start of the year, you will have a bunch of new students that you will need to develop a relationship with. Aside from their name, you will need to learn who they are. There is nothing wrong with spending a lesson just getting to know your students and them getting to know you. … Continue reading GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STUDENTS – Who are you?
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Imagine Your Life as a Movie
Imagine Your Life as a Movie AITSL STANDARD: 1.3 - Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds Design and implement teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. I always imagine life as a tv show. Your life is the … Continue reading Imagine Your Life as a Movie
How To Inspire a Love Of Reading
Give Students Choice Unless you are specifically studying a text, I would not tell a student to read a book that you think they should read. A student who is not invested in reading will no suddenly care about a book that you recommend. To truly get students involved in reading, they need to read … Continue reading How To Inspire a Love Of Reading
Reflecting On My Teaching Philosophy: Acquiring a Vision for the Classroom
Earlier this week, I was looking over an early draft of my teaching philosophy that I wrote at university. It was my first semester and I had this idealistic view of what my classroom would look like. Here is a snippet, that I found to be nostalgic: As an education student there is a particular … Continue reading Reflecting On My Teaching Philosophy: Acquiring a Vision for the Classroom
Teaching…Symbolism in Visual Images
The Situation You want to instruct students on how images represent/symbolism other ideas. The Solution In this part of your lesson, you are establishing the idea that images symbolise other ideas. This is not the entire lesson - just a way to establish the mindset for symbolism. Present students with the following image: 2. Ask … Continue reading Teaching…Symbolism in Visual Images
The English Classroom 