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Reflection on P2 P2 – Practice differentiated instruction. To me this standard means that I intentionally vary my instruction for the variety of learners in my classes.

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Extracurricular Observation

I went to prom. This will likely just be the first of my many proms as a teacher. I signed up for the early shift and arrived on Pier 66 to help set up. Teachers, administrators, underclassmen student volunteers and site staff were all on hand to trouble shoot the decoration process. Set up went smoothly, for the most part. A few decorations had gone missing and the venue was bigger than the…

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Observation 4

Teacher 4 has classes that are second year IB students. Most are seniors and will graduate this year. Students have been reading Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart as their last text in this class for the year. Class begins with students addressing a text of the day. They spend a few minutes individually responding to the text in their class journal before they discuss as a class. In the several…

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Observation 3

Teacher 3 has classes that are all ninth grade ancient world history. During my observation in her class the students were working to complete an end of year project. Students were to create their own Document Based Question test based on a unit of their choice from this year. A lot of students had chose the most recent unit – Ancient Rome. The teacher explained to me that in the usual routine…

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Observation 2

Teacher 2’s fourth period IB History – 20th Century class operates very differently from what I saw in other teachers’ classes. From the beginning of class on Friday, February 6 the teacher quickly previews graphic organizer pre/during/post/Paris Peace conference as well as the expectations that connect to student grades: participation, credibility of sources, covering needed topics, and…

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Observation 1

I observed Teacher 1 on February 4, 2015 in his World History Two course. The students in this course are English Language Learners (ELL). The topic of class on this day is the Roman roots of the names of days of the week and months of the year. Students get about ten minutes to write to the opener. There is a varying degree of focus in this class, as one might expect. During this time the…

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Reflection on H4

H4 – Honor family and/or community involvement in the learning process.During my internship this HOPE principle means that the classroom community isn’t just limited to those who show up every day. At the high school level this typically only looks a few ways. Family is drawn into the classroom at the beginning of the year during open houses and parent-teacher conferences. Or, later, during…

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Reflection on P1

P1 – Practice intentional inquiry and planning for instruction. In my internship this HOPE principle has a lot of meaning. In order to effectively lead a classroom full of energetic freshmen in high school history class you must be able to identify what they know, what they can do, what they need to practice, and what they don’t know. Therefore, during my internship I must intentionally ask my…

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Reflection on P1

P1 – Practice intentional inquiry and planning for instruction. In my internship this HOPE principle has a lot of meaning. In order to effectively lead a classroom full of energetic freshmen in high school history class you must be able to identify what they know, what they can do, what they need to practice, and what they don’t know. Therefore, during my internship I must intentionally ask my…

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Reflection on H2

H2 – Honor student access to content material. For my students this means that I provide every opportunity for success and many scaffolds to help them achieve mastery over content material. [1] Below are two images of our classroom whiteboard at the end of a class period. One of the learning tasks students participated in during this period was silently reading and annotating a text individually.…

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Reflection on E2

E2 – Exemplify collaboration within the school. Collaboration within the school means to me that teacher and administration are purposefully reaching to each other for resources, ideas, and support. I have been very fortunate to be doing my internship in Rainier Beach High School. It is a school that thrives on collaboration both within content area and across grade bands. [1] Below is an image…

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EDU 6361: Conceptual Unit

Background: These lesson plans are for a 12th grade IB HL Language and Literature course. The school this unit was designed for has classes meet for 120 minutes per week. Monday, Tuesday and Friday all 7 class periods meet for 40 minutes. Wednesday and Thursday are block length, 80 minute periods with four periods each day (1, 3, 5 and 7 on Wednesday and 2, 4, 6, and an extra study hall period on…

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EDU 6364: Lesson Plan

This is a lesson written for a 9th grade high school world history course studying a unit on ancient Latin American civilizations. This lesson informs students about Mayan sacrifice rituals and applies the content to develop their ability to write imaginative narratives.

The attached lesson plan focuses on two learning targets:

Students will add to their knowledge of Mayan civilization by taking…

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Reflection on H5

H5 – Honor student potential for roles in the greater society. This means that I respect and prepare my students for their role in our ever expanding and diversifying world. [1] As a response to conversations I noticed my students engaging in I created a unit about gender identity. As evidence please see the Unit Rationale and Bibliography. In this text I go into detail about how and why I…

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Reflection on P4

P4 – Practice the integration of appropriate technology with instruction.In the field of education the use of technology must be used with thought and intention. Students should interact with technology in ways that enhance their understanding of content. [1] Below is evidence of how I hope to achieve this balance in my high school classroom. During a unit on early civilizations in Latin America…

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EDU 6361: Gateway Activity

This activity is meant to pique students’ interest in the unit of study they are embarking on. Most of the ideas I have produced from EDU 6361 have been parts of one unit. This unit is an investigation into the role gender plays in identity. It continues along this yearlong study of identity and literature.

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EDU 6361: Unit Outline and Goals

In this unit students will produce an argumentative essay where they will analyze the authors’ word choice, implicit and explicit meanings, tone, language, and the contexts of author, text, and reader. Students will be creating this final product out of a scaffold. They have previously been assessed on thesis, evidence, and counter claim. This is the final product for the year, a product that can…

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