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Teaching at Springville Jr. High completely overwhelmed me! I was excited! I was nervous! I felt completely inadequate as a teacher! But I did it! Looking back, I am very proud of some of the things I was able to accomplish. First, I’m grateful that I decided to let the students choose the characters they wanted to design for. While I initially stated it had to be a character from a play, it quickly became apparent that not all the tech students were interested in theatre, so it was more effective for them to design characters’ costumes from books or movies. As they worked on their assignments, I wandered through the aisles and asked them questions to make sure they remained on task. I am perhaps most proud of the attention I paid to past lessons because I was able to implement those lessons into my lesson plan! Re-using ideas from past experiences is so effective, especially when I was able to modify it to fit my needs! While I had many successes, I almost experienced many challenges and what I like to call “teacher-learning-moments.” My first lesson was very rough around the edges. Stepping straight out of the college atmosphere, I prepared a very analytical lesson for the students. I expected the junior high-aged teenagers to be prepared to pick out main ideas from …show more content…

Was my lesson interesting enough? Did they hate me? Was this cruel punishment for my pubescent years? As I struggled to think of how to encourage these students, I talked to the teacher, Ms. Clements, and she explained to me that a lot of the students were struggling with problems at home. As a result, the classroom could be a place for them to have a break. She explained that her tactic was to allow them to choose when they wanted to learn. When they were ready, she was ready to help. Though I don’t know how fully I agree with that idea, I did learn to not take the inactivity

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