I attended Reshogofaditswe High School. I observed grade 9 classroom, that consist of 40 learners. It was an eye opening experience, as I have not done my teaching practice at a High School before. The atmosphere at the school is very welcoming.
The classroom I observed was an english classroom. Learners each had their own desk, which faced another. It makes for a questionable setting, especially because some of the learners were sitting with their backs to the board, meaning they had to turn to see the board. All the learners sat on plastic chairs. The classroom was very crammed, which made it harder for the teacher to move around the classroom. The teachers desk was placed in front of the classroom, this in my opinion puts the teacher at the disadvantage of not being able to keep an eye on all
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Narrative essay
Narrative writing is largely the presentation of a series of event in some meaningful order. The following are possible features of a narrative essay:
• Write a story/a past event/fiction
• use a story line that is convincing
• usually use the past tense
• use captivating introductory paragraph
• Reflect a point to be made
Descriptive essay description is used often more to create atmosphere and mood: films do this visually, writers do this with words, where the choice of words is more determined by their connotations than by the accuracy of their denotative use.
• describe someone/something to allow the reader to experience the topic vividly
• Create a picture in words
• Choose words and expressions carefully to achieve the desired effect
• use images of sight, sound, hearing, taste and touch
• use figures of speech. Some of the points covered during the discussion.
Language structures and conventions
The focus was placed on word choice. Learners were asked to use a variety of adjectives when writing a descriptive or narrative
A good teacher does their best to make the classroom itself an inviting atmosphere, as inviting as you can make a classroom that is. The posters and pictures on the walls, the table and chair arrangement as well as the teachers desk are all items that are intentionally chosen and thoughtfully organized to make the environment as inviting as possible. Atwell says “when students enter my classroom in September I want the environment to make their brains itch” in other words she wants it to build a positive atmosphere that stimulates and promotes their creativity (Atwell, 35). She also mentions watching another teacher Mary Beth Owens, set up her room and noticed that her “arrangements were intentional and deliberate” which is something that she refers back to often when it relates to her own classroom (Atwell, 35). In this example, Mr. Avery does not think that the classroom design and layout have any bearing on learning and have no negative psychological effects on students, because it never seems to bother him.
Most classrooms are analogous in their basic structure. They typically consist of the essential accessories such as chairs, tables, and desks. However moving past the basic structures they become more unique. Their distinguished qualities, often correspond with varying influential factors. These factors include, instructor and subject matter, school setting, and student population.
During the observation portion of this assignment, I observed in a fifth grade ELL classroom. The teacher in charge of this class is Anissa Rose. She has been an ELL teacher for many years and teaches students in kindergarten through the 8th grade. This paper will discuss whether or not the students were aware of the class language and content objective, how the teacher instructed the content and language objectives, the type of group configurations, and how the teacher accommodated for different ELP levels.
There are two groups in almost everything and us as human beings tend to categorize everything whether they are people or subjects. The dichotomy of the classroom meticulously separates the teacher from the student. The teacher sits in the front of the classroom away from the other desks and away from the students. The position of the teacher’s desk is a cognitive example of authority and power. The students, on the other hand, sit together as one body scattered around like many of the other objects in the classroom setting.
Descriptive writing is when we use carefully selected words to help create a vivid picture in the reader’s mind. The primary purpose of descriptive writing is to describe a picture of a person, place, or an object in such a way that a picture is formed in the reader’s mind. Likewise, capturing an event through descriptive writing involves paying close attention to the details by using all of your five sense, which is hearing, smell, taste, touch, and sight. Also, outstanding descriptive writing often make use of figurative language such as analogies, metaphors and smiles to help paint the picture in the reader’s mind. Furthermore, descriptive writing helps student’s writing be more interesting and full of details, as well as encourage them to use new vocabulary words.
The first classroom I visited was a geography class. The topic of the week was Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas. The teacher began the class with a welcome and a review of their homework. They went over the homework as a class and reviewed the material. The teacher used a powerpoint with discussion questions
Assessment Task 2, EDC2300 The program has been designed from the Year 2 English syllabus corresponding with the Australian Curriculum F-10 (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2017a; Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority [QCAA], 2015). The topic of the unit is ‘Imaginative Narratives’ whereby students will explore literary texts to learn about language features and text structures. Students will also explore the texts gaining knowledge about imaginative characters and key events before demonstrating their knowledge by writing their own imaginative narrative piece. Year 2b is a class of 24 students in a small private school, close to the centre of town in Ipswich.
I observed the teacher walking around the room and working one-on-one with students. On the other side of the classroom, the second graders were working on their social studies lesson and their cursive
One year there was a group of fresh 7th graders coming to middle school. They didn’t know what to expect but they were confident. It is the first day of school and Jacob Barlo was getting ready to catch the bus to school. Jacob has never road a school bus before besides going on field trips in elementary school. He is nervous that he missed the bus or he is in the wrong place.
On 06/16/15 at approximately 1258 hours I responded to 5538 Regal Oaks Circle for a report of four suspicious black males between the ages of 16 to 18 years of age. The caller, Giovanni who resides at 5538 Regal Oak Circle (NOI) advised the black males were observed walking around the neighborhood and jumping fences. He advised the black males were observed getting into a black in color, 4 door, Toyota Corolla. Giovanni also stated he thought the juveniles were casing vehicles or residence to burglarize. He advised there have been multiple burglaries to vehicles and residences recently.
Above are pictures of Mrs. Pollard’s classroom at Hartwood Elementary School. The atmosphere of the room is extremely bright and learning-oriented. The lighting is bright and there are posters around the room that are colorful. The picture on the left shows the set-up of the entire room and the picture on the right shows the front of the room from the perspective of the students. If anything is difficult to see in the pictures, Mrs. Pollard has Orff instruments set up on the side, a piano in the front, and two desks in the back; which leaves a space in the middle of the room for students.
Due to the nature of the activities that were taken place in both lesson some students wandered off task, but Mrs. A was able to get them back
Introduction – Background information This paper is about child observation. I observed a child, Daniel (coded name). He is four years and two months old. Daniel is 103 cm and 18 kg.
I felt that the children were very well behaved than most children. It was a bit shocking. All of them were extremely respectful of their teacher. I am excited to continue observing this class the next couple weeks. Being in an actual classroom makes me super excited for my
The class consists of main teacher, one co-teacher, and 20 students without any special needs or disabilities (14 girls 6 boys). The difference between the general classroom and the special education classroom that was the students very quiet and didn 't make a lot of noise like in the special education classroom. The classroom was very small for 22 students. I was surprised when I entered the general classroom. all the girls in the front and all the boys were back.