Take some time to recall a middle or high school teacher who, you believe, was effective in teaching his/her content subject. What strategies
did that teacher use that engaged the students in the class? List at least two strategies used by that teacher that you
remember as being highly effective in helping you learn the content being
taught.
I have been out of school for some years However the one teacher that still sticks out in my memory is Mr/Ms Oneil This teacher was my history teacher in high school for 2 yrs and as you can read,one year he was a man &the next a woman She never looked any different just the name changed The reason that this teacher was so memorable was the fact that the class was so upbeat It was like the stock market Every kid fought to raise their hands all questions had a point value (even those unrelated to history) The teacher felt that it was our reward for the effort put in and also believed that she needed to keep us paying attention Discussion could go from who was the president in 1965 to what happened during last nights baseball game This helped those students with history and forced them without realizing to pay attention and actually learn. The teaching methods and class atmosphere very relaxed and friendly not to mention non judgmental (which is what so many high school kids need)
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Tracy L Jorge
In looking back on my high school teachers, I have no doubt in my mind that Mr. O’Shaugnessey (Junior year, English 3 honors) was the most memorable and most effective teacher that I had. I remember his main concerns for the class being the development and efficiency of our language skills, and our ability to be able to speak about major events taking place around the world, and not just within our little bubbles. Because of his concern and his method of teaching the development of our language skills and understanding, I passed the literature and writing part of my SATs with very high numbers. To teach us proper English language skills, most of the “do now’s” that were assigned in the beginning of class were review sheets or test prep sheets from the SAT and ACT test prep books. We would either work on them with a partner, or work on them on our own. There were times that he turned them into some kind of fun game (like jeopardy) or would have some kind of incentive for the “winner” with the most answered correct (chocolate candies, extra points on a test/quiz, did not have to do part of a homework assignment, etc.). I do not ever remember feeling like it was a chore, or not wanting to do the assignment. Mr. O’Shaugnessey always made lessons that he knew students wouldn’t particularly enjoy into something we looked forward to the most (like the time we had to perform a monologue from Julius Caesar, and he promised that he would perform one too, dressed as Brutus as long as we all passed…and stayed true to his word). He also made sure the students remained connected to the outside world, and not just through our facebook newsfeed. Once a week, we would have to bring in an article from a new outlet (he understood that we most likely didn’t read the newspaper and were more computer literate that he was, so we were allowed to bring in a news article from a nationally/internationally known news website) and we would all discuss in class what we read about and how it is impacting our community, state, nation, world, etc. I look back and thank Mr. O’Shaugnessey for all his hard work and dedication to his students.
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In my years of high school and middle school, I will always look back on my time in Ms.Gillen's classroom. She wasn't just a teacher to all the students, she was a friend. I think this is a positive way to construct your classroom because the students respect you more if they can relate with you. Without the students respect, a teacher will have no order in the classroom. Ms. Gillen was an English teacher and English was not my strong point. However, I would look forward to going to her class because of the way she related to the students. She made reading enjoyable by getting the entire class involved in class readings. Many different strategies were used to teach us, such as: reading on our own, reading out loud, or her reading to us. But my favorite would be when we acted out in class because it showed us the emotion the characters were feeling in the play. Coming out of Ms.Gillen's class I learned to appreciate reading, and I am a big fan of Shakespeare. I will make sure when I become a teacher to have all the students respect, so they will enjoy and learn.
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