Perhaps a success

I have been hesitant to post. Perhaps because of the degree to which my school is unique, I have been unsure of posting for fear of exposing too much. But today I am somewhat pleased to report that I have had some limited successes lately. First, in order to accomodate the lack of attendance that persists, I have tried sitting with my class instead of pacing around as in a traditional school. Because of the limited number of students this has not kept me from often assessing my students understanding and ability and yet it accomodates those students who, I think, feel frustrated with the low number of peers and feel some anger at me when I pretend that I am teaching in a classroom of 25.

A second success has been closer to content. I have been teaching poetry writing in order for my students to apply to a poetry contest and i have had some success (more than before) in teaching students how to write poetry. The reason for this success, I think, is that I have focused on writing strategies and I have stressed the important of these writing strategies (writing in active voice and using strong verbs for example) in general.

feeling a bit more successful,

Hebdomeros