Post 9

As a teacher you want students to understand what your trying to teach them. You have this picture in your head of what you want the outcome to be, but sometimes it doesn't always turn out that way. In order to make it work it's best to give background to the lesson, such as teaching the lesson in a way that interrelates with prior knowledge. It's hard to learn anything new when you have no prior knowledge of it. The new information will just sound like a language you don't understand. 

A way to start off a lesson would be to take it step by step, slowly, especially if it is a challenging lesson. Make sure the students ask a lot of questions and you as a teacher give a lot of detail. 

Also as a teacher you will need to be patient with students who are having a hard time understanding. It creates more pressure on the students having a hard time seeing that the teacher is getting frustrated with him or her. Take the student aside and try to work one on one and see what it is they are having a hard time with. It could be a language barrier, learning disability, etc. There are always ways to make it work for students, so don't give up on them. 

Post 8

I really enjoyed doing the traveling story today. I thought it was very creative and fun. It's great to see what others contribute to your story to make it more interesting. My story was about a girl getting drunk the night before her final exam and how she became crazy like a monkey in class, got slapped by Dr. Harris and was never seen again!


Doing a traveling story in the classroom can be a great way to get students excited about writing.With a traveling story, students are able to practice creativity and organization.  It also gets their creative juices flowing. You can do traveling stories about a certain topic the students are working on at the time, or you can have the students come up with some funny stories. The outcomes of these stories will be endless.