English class, was the day I knew my 6th grade was going to be terrible. The teacher introduced himself, and told the class that this was going to be one of the hardest classes we will ever take. I couldn’t figure out why an English class in the 6th grade was so difficult. I found some kids I knew in the class, and immediately went to them with questions. We all talked about how hard this was going to be for us, and how were going to deal with it. My teachers
learning more. 10th grade English and English 111 have taught me a lot. English 111 has taught me different types of essays and has helped the maturity of my writing to increase while I have still shown a great knowledge and strong suit for both classes. Throughout my English classes, I have grown in maturity of my writing. 10th grade English was easy for me and never pushed me and challenged me to dig deeper. English 111 has taught me to use all that I have to write an essay to the best of my abilities
learns more. In the essay “Do It Better” by Ben Carson, Carson claims to be the dumbest kid in class because of the poor grades that he receives in class one day. Carson explains how reading changed his life growing up as a kid. Carson claims to be the dumbest kid in class, reading books changed Carson’s life and with the help of his mother he was able to succeed in class. Carson talks about his personal experience as a fifth grade student. I feel like his very detailed in his essay and he gave great
as an early Christmas present his parents gave him two hundred dollars to spend at the mall, he just cannot wait for the weekend and then he heard this, “The homework for the week will be a 5-10 thousand word essay on how ‘The Happy Birthday song’ was made and it will count as a test grade.” In his mind, he feels upset and realized his weekend is ruined. Cris cannot do anything because of this homework and if it was not graded he could cancel one of his plans and not stress out about it. Students
ethically wrong. We’ve been told since grade school that cheating is bad and copying people is bad, and the constant reminders of severe punishment if we do it should be enough to keep anyone from plagiarizing, yet we as students continue to risk grades, integrity, and statuses to plagiarize. From the experiences of students who plagiarize it is always a very hard, yet valuable lesson to learn from. The first time I heard the word plagiarism was in my 6th grade English class. The year we started to
Gunter. After a while talking with my new teacher I became to realise that I wasn't going to be in the second grade, I was going to be a first grader, again. I was very upset with my mom, why would she put me a year behind? I just didn't understand, but once I started my year there I became to love it. Mrs. Gunter was a much better teacher than Miss. Kalahar. She payed more attention to me and she cared about me and my reading ability. I wasn't
Alfie Kohn’s essay “From Grading to Degrading” initially impresses the reader. At a glance, the ideas imbedded in the text appear radically revolutionary, yet reasonable, intelligent and logical. Unfortunately, the promise of a good essay is marred by excess personal emotion that clouds the judgment of the writer, along with ill-timed references to the author’s extensive research. The writing is this essay’s redeeming quality. The polished yet simple language captivates the reader. It is sophisticated
are the years teachers and family members expect students to define the path they would like to take after high school. However, I believe that freshmen year is the most difficult year to complete because it is the year of transitions from middle school to high school, having new teachers the student has never met, and it is the year that the school judges the students on if the school rank will exceed last years or fall.
Teacher planners will identify opportunities for reflection during individual lessons. 3.2 ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND STRATEGIES* 3.3 EXAMPLES OF FORMATIVE/SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT * Formative assessments are used on a daily basis within our school to measure what the students’ knowledge and experience may be, in order to know how to proceed with the lesson and learning goals. Teachers use a variety of assessment forms from verbal assessments
hard to find the motivation to get up every morning when you’re on your own and go to class. It's hard to get assignments done with all of the distractions of a college life. He explained to me how the professors are different then high school teachers. Teachers in high school can have more one on one time with their students and some professors don’t even know