 [Link]Tomorrow's Teachers
Mrs. Toto
Text
Becoming a Teacher 6th Edition, Pearson
Supplemental Readings
The Acorn People, The Hurried Child, All Grown Up & No Place to Go, Newspapers and Magazine Articles
Learning About the Teaching Profession:
Students will:
Read articles about education and report findings
Improve speaking skills by presenting to class audience
Improve writing skills by writing journals, summaries and research papers
Observe teaching at the High School
Observe at Madison Elementary School
Assist at Madison Elementary School
Participate in Future Teacher of America at Kean University
Experience teaching twice a year at Franklin Elementary School
Work with Junior Achievement
Research job opportunities in the field of education
Complete a job search
Build a model classroom
Grading Policy
Class work – 30% *
Homework – 20%
Projects – 40% **
Class Participation – 10% ***
*Class work consists of the following: Journal Entries
Class Discussions
Group Activities
Presentations
In Class Reading and Writing
Weekly Class Observations
**Projects will include the following: Junior Achievement Teaching Assignments
Classroom Models
Research Projects
Bulletin Board
Mock Lessons
Class Activity Log
Educational Quotation
Recent News Article about Education
***Class Participation: Class credit is given to each student each day; therefore, students should try not to be absent from class. If a student chooses to take up space and not participate, he/she will receive a zero for the day. As long as a student is participating he/she will receive full credit for the day.
Project Assignments:
Educational Quotation
On a previously designated date, each of you will present to the class a meaningful quotation pertaining to teaching, learning or schooling. The quotation pertaining to education must be a minimum of one sentence, but no longer than a paragraph.
Record the quotation on 8 1/2” x 11” piece of paper so that it can be displayed in the classroom throughout the course.
Consider using calligraphy, drawing, colors, computer printing, stenciling, magazine pictures or abstract designs in the presentation for your quotation to be displayed. You may want to mount the quotation sheet on a piece of construction paper and/or have your quotation laminated.
On your date to present, read the quotation orally, explain what the quotation means to you, and state to what extent you agree or disagree with the quotation. Then conducts a brief discussion pertaining to the meaning of the quotation and its relevance to the Tomorrow’s Teacher class.
You will be graded on the manner in which you present the quotation both on paper and in the class discussion. Your goal will be to get an evaluation of “yes” for each of the following questions:
___ Is quotation related to the Tomorrow’s Teacher class and/or education?
___ Is the explanation/evaluation of the quotation effective?
___ Is the quotation attractively prepared for display?
___ Does it generate a high level of discussion?
___ Are good speech techniques practiced? (volume, rate, enunciation, eye contact)
___ Is it prepared by due date?
Date selected by you to present is ______________________________
Class Activity Log
Each of you will sign up for one week during which time you are to keep a daily log by recording class activities. The log keeper takes notes the week prior to his/her report date and presents his/her log on the assigned day the next week.
The log keeper will present his log to the class on the designated date and then file it in the three-ring binder labeled “Class Logs.”
Content of the log should reflect the factual information of each day’s lesson; however, those facts can be presented in creative presentations, such as poems, skits, games or role-plays.
Logs may also include the emotional responses or personal reflections that the lessons evoked in either the log keeper, fellow classmate or the class as a whole.
If you are absent the day you log is due, give your report to the class the day you return to school. If the class is involved in an activity (e.g. field trip, guest speaker) that needs the whole period, present your log on the next available class day.
Logs should be neatly typed and must be grammatically correct. Sign your name and date.
Present you log to the class and then conduct a brief discussion inviting comments, additions, or corrections. Logs will be graded on quality and quantity. Your goal is to receive an evaluation of “yes” for each of the following questions:
___ Is there adequate and appropriate factual information?
___ Did it show processed learning from the week?
___ Is it read or presented in a way to hold the audience’s attention?
___ Is it creative/original/interesting content?
___ Is it neatly typed?
___ Is it grammatically correct?
___ Is it signed and dated?
___ Is it prepared by the due date?
My log keeping week is ______________________
My date for presentation is ___________________
Recent News Article about Education
On a previously designated date, each of will present to the class a news article from that week’s newspapers, magazines or internet. Topics should pertain to the learner, schools, teachers and/or education.
Decide on the ways you can best share your article with the class: making copies for everyone, creating transparencies for the overhead projector, using the chalkboard or poster paper, reading aloud and excerpt, summarizing the content, doing a powerpoint presentation or utilizing some other method.
An article must be quite short if it is to be read in its entirety. Longer articles can be used if you select significant sections or if you summarize.
Show knowledge of your article.
Impart an understanding of your topic.
Try to stimulate interest in your selected topic and lead a brief class discussion.
No written report is required. Turn in a copy of your article to have on file. Your goal will be to get an evaluation of “yes” for each of the following question:
___ Is the news article an appropriate selection?
___ Is there adequate content and information to discuss in the news article?
___ Is knowledge of the content evident in the presentation?
___ Does it generate high level of discussion?
___ Are good speech techniques practiced? (volume, rate, enunciation, eye contact)
___ Is it prepared by due date?
My due date for the news article is ____________________________
HOMEWORK
WEEK OF February 6, 2012
Interviews are due on Monday.
Bring research to class.
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HONORS ENGLISH IV
Honors English IV—World Literature Syllabus
Rahway High School Ms. Toto
E-mail—mtoto@rahway.net
Texts
Elements of Literature. Fourth Course. Readings in World Literature, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 2003; Write for College, Sebranek, Kemper & Meyer; 30 Days To A More Powerful Vocabulary, Dr. Wilfred Funk & Norman Lewis.
Supplemental Readings
Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger; Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse; Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe; The Stranger, Albert Camus; A Doll’s House, Henrik Ibsen; Hamlet, William Shakespeare.
Assigned Units
Unit I Unit III Unit V
Coming of Age/Wisdom Change Alination & Despair
Catcher in the Rye Things Fall Apart The Stranger
Siddhartha
Unit II Unit IV
The Artist and Society Good vs. Evil
A Doll’s House Hamlet
In addition to assigned supplemental books, students will be required to read two (2) books – one book per semester -- from the suggested outside reading list.
Requirements
Readings: Students are required to complete ALL assigned readings.
Essays: Students are required to type all final drafts. I will collect all phases of the writing assignment: pre-writing, outlines, drafts and final product. Papers will not be considered complete unless all phases of writing are submitted.
Projects: Students will complete group presentations and informative speeches.
Supplies: Each student will need a three ring binder (or a section of a larger binder) for notes and handouts. Students must come to class prepared each day with notebook paper and a writing utensil.
Work Completion: All work MUST be turned in on time. Late work is marked down a letter grade for each day it is overdue. Request for due date extensions must be made PRIOR to the due date and will be considered on an individual basis. Daily homework will not be accepted late. Students should make two (2) copies of any final drafts (be sure to keep one).
GRADING POLICY
ASSESSMENT 50%
TESTS AND ESSAYS 35%
QUIZZES AND TYPE 3 ESSAYS 15%*
HOMEWORK 20%
CLASSWORK 20%**
CLASS PARTICIPATION 10%***
* Type 3 essays are not formal essays; therefore, they will not go through the rewrite process.
** Class work consists of the following: Type I and Type 2 Journal Entries
Class Discussions
Group Activities
In Class Writing and Reading
*** Class credit is given to each student each day, therefore, you should try not to be absent from class. If you choose to take up space and not participate, you will receive a zero for the day. As long as you are participating you will receive full credit for the day.
HOMEWORK
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2012
THINGS FALL APART
Chinua Achebe
Part I (Chapters 1-3) Due Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Vocabulary:
Wily deceptive, tricky
Improvident lacking foresight, careless
Haggard exhausted, worn out
Dense very thick
Impending threatening, about to happen
Intricate complicated
Plaintive sad
Uncanny strange, eerie
Questions:
1. Why was “throwing Amalinze the Cat” such an important event during Okonkwo’s teenage years? Why do you think the author used this event to introduce the protagonist of this novel?
2. Why was Unoka considered a failure in Ibo society?
3. What motivated Okonkwo to succeed in life? Was he successful? How did his driven personality affect his family?
4. What did the Ibo beliefs about darkness and snakes reveal about their attitude toward the world?
5. Why was the village of Umuofia feared and respected by its neighbors?
6. How did Ikemefuna come to live in Okonkwo’s home?
7. Why did Okonkwo ask Nwakibie for yam seeds? Why did Nwakibie agree? Why does Nwakibie agree to help him?
8. How did Okonkwo regard his difficult first year of farming? What did this suggest about his future?
9. Do you think Unoka was judged fairly by his society?
10. Do you think Okonkwo was justified in wanting to win the respect of his neighbors?
Literary Devices:
Simile:
Okonkwo’s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan.
What is being compared?
What does this reveal about Okonkwo?
Flashback:
Why do you think the author introduced Okonkwo as an adult and then flashed back to an earlier time, focusing on Okonkwo’s father?
Connections:
Determine what represents wealth and prosperity in rural Ibo society. What might a wealthy Ibo villager possess? How does this compare with signs of wealth in your own society?
THINGS FALL APART
CHAPTERS 4-9
Directions: Reading and questions for chapters 4 – 6 due Friday, February 10, 2012; reading and questions for chapters 7 – 9 due Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
Chapters 4 – 6
1. How does Okonkwo feel about Ikemefuna? Why is he unable to express his feelings to the boy?
2. Why did Ekwefi, Okonkwo’s second wife, enjoy the wrestling matches more than any other activity during the New Yam Festival?
3. Why did Okowkwo have a special fondness for his daughter Ezinma?
4. How would you characterize Okonkwo’s relationships with his wife and children? Why do you think his behavior was tolerated by Ibo society?
5. What do you think the wrestling match revealed about the values of the people of the village?
6. What has this book revealed about the role of women in traditional Ibo society? What do you think is the role of women in contemporary Nigeria?
Literary Devices
Foreshadowing –What do you think the incident of Okonkwo shooting at his second wife might foreshadow?
Simile – What is being compared in the following similes? ? How do these figures of speech enhance the meanings of the statements?
1. The air, which had been stretched taut with excitement, relaxed again. It was as if water had been poured on the tightened skin of a drum.
2. The drummers took up their sticks and the air shivered and grew tense like a tightened bow.
Chapters 7 – 9
1. How had Ikemefuna’s arrival in Okonkwo’s household affected Nwoye? Why did this please Okonkwo?
2. Why were the villagers delighted when locusts descended?
3. Why did Okonkwo ignore Ezeudu’s advice not to take part in the execution of Ikemefuna?
4. How did Nwoye react to the death of Ikemefuna? How did Okonkwo react? Why do you think he reacted this way?
5. What did Obierika and Okonkwo’s remarks about white men and the customs in other places reveal about them and their tribe?
6. Do you think Okonkwo should have participated in Ikemefuna’s killing, or do you agree with Obierika that he should not have participated? Might Okonkwo have stopped the killing?
Literary Element
Setting – Reread the section of Chapter Seven when Ikemefuna is being led through the forest for his execution. How did the description of the setting contrast with and also reinforce the action that took place?
Freshman Seminar/Transition
Monday - Bring in ads for cars.
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