Blog Post 3 -Week 3 at Morgantown High School

I had another great week at Morgantown High School and have learned quite a bit this week from my students as well as my mentor teacher, Mrs. Rengers. Morgantown High School has block scheduling which at first was hard for me to get used to; however, now I feel that it is beneficial for all students due to the fact that teachers are able to go more into depth during their lessons which allows students extended time to understand the presented material.
In my ninth grade Learning Skills class, the students have been working within their Mega Words Workbooks, Read Naturally, and continuing on in our novel that we are reading as a whole group. We have been working on Chapter 4, working on the acrostic character booklets, and conducting discussion sessions. I really feel that these students are beginning to open up and becoming more confident during class time.
In the ninth grade English classroom, the students finished reading a story within their literature books and have had several small group activities that they have had to complete. I was excited to help my students learn their vocabulary words that went along with the story by providing them ways on how to study and easy ways to remember the definitions. I also enjoyed reading the endings that the students had to create about how they would like the story to end. Some of the students have wonderful imaginations and had very creative compositions.
During the tenth grade English classroom, the students took their quiz on Character Development and Formal Writing as well as completed typing their individual stories within the computer lab. It was interesting to see that many students still need guidance on the computer and model typing skills. The next assignment within this class will be that the students have to create Multi-Genre Narratives. I cannot wait to read them when they are completed!
Within the eleventh grade English class, the students took a quiz on two stories that they read last week, discussed school rules, and began discussing how advertisements may affect our lives. This class tends to be hard due to the fact that there are many students who are carefree about education and are not wanting to sit within the class and/or are having to take it for the second time due to failing it the previous year. The teacher is extremely kind, but sometimes has poor classroom management skills.
Also, I had a huge surprise happen this week at Morgantown High School. Mrs. Rengers nominated me for an award and the vice principal, Mr. Louis, presented it to me on Wednesday during my third period English class. It is the “Something to Crow about Award” and I received it for working with PREZI presentations in a variety of classrooms collaboratively with my teacher. I was shocked and extremely thankful and appreciative for this award!
This was another great week at Morgantown High School and am starting to get sad that I will be leaving this school within two weeks. I am really looking forward to the upcoming week!!