November 15, 2008

English 2
Frankenstein Questions Ch 9
JW 100

English 4
Scarlet Letter Questions 8-10
AD 90
GW 90
KL 84

World Geography
Warm Up
JM 100
JW N/A

Post assessment
JM 30
JW 100

In my English 4 class we are completing the Scarlet Letter together. They answered in depth questions from Ch 8-10. They were assigned one chapter of questions each night, and we would discuss the answers in class each day. This gave them a chance to think on their own and then be correct or affirmed when necessary.

English 2 The student answered the same questions from Chapter 9. I have seen alot of success come from this student as we read through the book together.

The lesson in world geography was sucessful today. As we discussed, using a power point is more successful for students on varying levels of knowledge because you can bank off of what they already know and continue to build the lesson as students share information they do know. The students post assessment scores only resemble half of what was learned because the student who made a 30 chooses not to do work independently and struggles to read- so answering questions without prompting is a difficult task for him.

Room for improvements- balancing my time better and staying more organized with the students work. This job is overwhelming and I have yet to master the art of keeping it moving.

Suggestions from the teacher: Using more ASL, SEE, and TC with the students who use each of these. Its difficult to teach an English class with students who use ASL and the other 2 are oral. It requires more individualized instruction.

Ideas for the future: ...