The last day of observation is over. I'm almost saddened because I didn't get a chance to see a lot of the teachers that were recommended to me. I've had a fabulous experience and I definitely don't want it to end. I must admit this is partly because now I have to write an eight page paper due Monday, an Observation Journal due Thursday, write a quiz and get back to being a student.
My last day at Collingwood was amazing. I started the day by teaching a lesson on "the THESIS" to a grade ten English class - the lesson went brilliantly. On Monday's class the students were given their assignment. They had to write an essay on "Remembrance." Talk about BROAD! It's a completely open essay in that they can write any type of essay they want, on any topic they want so long as it relates to "Remembrance." While you may think that this is a great opportunity for the students to write whatever they want, without clear direction students were having terrible time getting started. For homework they were supposed to bring their introductory paragraph and one of their body paragraphs to class. I took this opportunity to address the thesis statement. As an entrance slip I had the students provide me with their thesis statement. After several thesis building activities I gave their theses back to them and had them evaluate their own work. The response of "wow, my thesis sucks" was very popular. I then gave them time to edit their thesis statements and then had them share them. As an exit slip they had to give me both their original thesis statement with the new one underneath it.
Before doing the exit slip though, I made sure to ask them what the lesson was and I had them give me feedback about what I needed to work on as a teacher. They were super great and super polite. Based on their feedback they not only understood the lesson, but understood how to fix their own work. I'm going to take this as a good thing.
The rest of my day went well. I simply observed the last few classes that I could and made sure to take a lot of notes. I went to English 12, Biology 12 as well as a Law 12.
Overall my experience at Collingwood has been a memorable one. I've included a picture of my schedule and classes I've observed, hopefully they are legible - if you want to see a larger more clear view, just click on the schedule.
Legend:
MS = Middle School
SS = Senior School
Anything in RED I was not at the school because of Thanksgiving, Pro-D days or otherwise.
Anything in Green is a School wide event (Ex. Break and Assembly)
See you back on the rock,
LC
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