Over spring break I was moving myself into our new apartment in southern NC and getting things ready for LIFE! Yeah, life... together, finally! Anyway, I noticed the significant amount of schools in the area and got a little bit excited. Then I noticed the amount of different backgrounds of people in the area... after all, it is a military town and people come from ALL OVER the place! It was amazing to see all of the churches and shopping centers based around people different than "the norm". I had a lot of time to think, so I eventually--instead of studying for my test--got to thinking of how our class would benefit me as a teacher in an area like this. What types of books will I use in my classroom? How will I be able to gauge where my students are and what levels they're ready for? I am so excited that we're going to be talking about things like this in class tomorrow, because I am very interested in adapting what I am learning in this class to my actual classroom.
On a side note, I know that I got at least one right answer on my test, it asked about book awards and which of these awards is awarded to _______ population. :] Thanks to this class!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
UGH
I still don't feel like I'm doing this right. I just submitted my Al Capone QTT paper and I seriously don't feel confident in myself at all. I tried to model this one off of the papers that we had for examples on the blog, but I still feel like I'm just missing something. I know what I am trying to say in my head, but I am not sure I did the right thing with "not answering the question" or really truly representing what I was trying to say. I tried to model it after the argument I made in my blog last week about the articles that we read, except I incorportated the novel with an article instead of just two articles head to head. I really hope that I did better than I did on my first paper. It makes me nervous that these are such a big portion of our grade and I feel like I am doing so poorly on them. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it turns out well.
On a side note, I get my books from the library in order to save money--and my library sent me the book on CD, stating it was the only one that they had checked in. GREAT! How in the heck are you supposed to write a paper with a book on CD? Well, I did my best. I have to say that I thought this was an amazing novel. I really thought it gave a great focus on Natalie and her "condition" as Choldenko called it [what is now known as autism]. It really gave us as readers an idea on what life was like for her, as well as how it affected her family. It showed Nat as a human being, not just a person with a disability. She had character--and that was positive to see, especially after reading the articles.
OH! PS. For those of you who have ever tried to comment on my blog and couldn't. I don't know what was up, but I fixed it. The comments should work for all posts now. Thanks for reading. :]
On a side note, I get my books from the library in order to save money--and my library sent me the book on CD, stating it was the only one that they had checked in. GREAT! How in the heck are you supposed to write a paper with a book on CD? Well, I did my best. I have to say that I thought this was an amazing novel. I really thought it gave a great focus on Natalie and her "condition" as Choldenko called it [what is now known as autism]. It really gave us as readers an idea on what life was like for her, as well as how it affected her family. It showed Nat as a human being, not just a person with a disability. She had character--and that was positive to see, especially after reading the articles.
OH! PS. For those of you who have ever tried to comment on my blog and couldn't. I don't know what was up, but I fixed it. The comments should work for all posts now. Thanks for reading. :]
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