2.12 English Lesson

(1987) described this form of instruction as a systematic method of teaching with emphasis on proceeding in small steps, checking for student understanding, and achieving active and successful participation by all students. I have also used the strategy as reference for determining the strengths and weaknesses of my lesson. After conducting in class lesson and reviewing my video lesson multiple times, I was able to identify my strengths

In the past two months i fell like i have accomplished a great deal. As i focus on it more i realize i have become a better reader. I did this by concentrating on my readings and take my time to read them. With the help of my professor and classmates i began to analyze what i read.

How successful was the lesson? Did the students learn what you intended for them to learn? How do you know?

The class began with a silent reading assignment from the next section in the text. While students read, the teacher individually checked in with each student to provide feedback on the previous nights homework. The homework assignment was to summarized the reading from the previous day in their own words. The teacher provided both positive and constructive feedback to all students, pointing out at least one successful aspect of their summary. This activity is very much in line with was the strategy of upgrading your interactive language discussed by Eric Jensen, “during every sing interaction with your students, make eye contact and affirm the good in them” (Jenson, 2013, p.25). If a student was missing an integral part of the story she would prompt them by recalling what was discussed before and provide textual evidence if necessary, and allow them to add to their response. She was very upbeat and supportive of the students, and her tone and language were both accessible and age appropriate. When giving instructions she used

I learned many lessons in my English 1301 class, but there are three specific ones I liked the most, writing a research paper, using transition words in an essay, and to attend to class. Most of these lessons are a daily basis and I used them or do them in different subjects without noticing it. The daily work in this class helped me improve these three lessons. It also helped me overtake some of the works I had in other subjects.

Directions:  Answer each question in a paragraph—be sure to give specific details and examples.  Remember that each of these questions has multiple parts to it.  You must type your responses out and hand it to me by the end of our class period.

The English language has different kind of learners that include native learners and non-native learners in California. There are many children and students come to USA also, other kids are born in the United States of America. However, many of the children they do not speak English very well as native speaker. There are most of the learners are Hispanic in California school. The three articles are “No Comprendo” by Barbara Mujica; “English-Learning Student Far Behind Under English-Only Methods” by Sarah Garland, and “In California Schools, Thousands of English Language Learners Getting Stuck” by CharlaBear and Julia McEvoy talk about there are some problems and some possible solution. There some problems in the articles that facing the student to learn English as second language.

In general, how successful was the lesson? Did the students learn what you intended for them to learn? How do you know?

2) What did you learn? (Answer any of the following questions. Don’t try to address them all -- only the one(s)

In education, student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education. Student engagement is not one variable but six and may be discussed in schools as intellectual engagement, emotional engagement, behavioral engagement, physical engagement, social engagement, and cultural engagement ( Hidden Curriculum). To get students engaged intellectually teachers should create lessons, assignments, and projects that appeal to students interests or simulate curiosity ( Hidden Curriculum). Providing students with academic choices in the classroom is another

Teachers generally look for teaching strategies to implement into their classrooms that will engage their students while also setting high expectations and standards for lessons. Engaging lessons captivate students’ attention, motivates them to learn, and allows students to collaborate with each other. A researched curriculum that has been said to engage students in learning is Integrated Curriculum.

Have you ever been through the things that an immigrant has? Everyday, immigrants come into the United states and are faced with myriad trials. Copious men and women, much like us, are challenged. Some discriminate upon them for simply not being born in the same region. Alternatively, some endure issues with their families. No matter the situation, whether it is getting back on their feet, personal issues, or adapting to a new culture, the struggles of immigrants are a recurring issue that we can mend.

There are many issues that should be taken into account when discussing Elsa’s case as an English language learner. Since Elsa is in second grade, not only is she an ELL, she is also a ‘beginning’ reader. Since she is in an education environment that only promotes English, this is the only academic language she is getting at school. The only time she may encounter Spanish at school seems to be when she is speaking to her Spanish speaking peers. All of the education programs and literacy material in the classroom are also only in English. All of this poses a problem for English language learners because according to Goldenberg “learning to read in the home language promotes reading achievement in the second language” (Goldenberg, 2008, 15) If Elsa’s teachers and administration wants to see her succeed as an English reader, they should work on teaching her how to read in her native language, Spanish. Even though she is hearing Spanish and seeing Spanish print at home, she doesn’t seem to have any instruction when it comes to reading it, which would heighten her skills when it comes to reading English.

I can’t express enough about the life of an immigrant in the United States. There's many reasons of why not knowing English can be a major obstacle for most people that face, coming to the United States. The major obstacle of someone not knowing English is that they cannot communicate with others that talk to them in English, its difficult to have a job or even secure a job, and learning the language itself. “More than 35 million adults in the United States are native speakers of a language other than English.” (U. S. Census Bureau, 2001) and there’s about 23 percent that people know a little or nothing at all of English. In the journal I read it said “16 percent “not well,” and 7 percent “not at all.” (Day and Shin, 2005)

Habitually, student respond better to teachers who are engaged in the information they are lecturing about and with the students whom they are teaching. There are several different ways to foster learning through engagement. First, enabling learning through educational, discovery, games is one of the most natural ways that children soak up and retain information. When I was young, I remember that my mom would construct games on school subjects such as spelling, grammar, and history, in order to ensure that I would view learning as enjoyable. Through the interactive learning enabled by the games, I joyfully learned and retained the