Monday, April 7, 2008. A typical college town house. Tuesday, April 1, 2008. It was so interesting though to be almost MADE to discuss things though. COMMUNITY! Wednesday, February 27, 2008.

Monday, April 14, 2008. Good Job group 4! Sunday, April 13, 2008. I was absent from the first day and my only question is did they reference the book on the first day? Friday, April 4, 2008. But I think a lot more people would have enjoyed it if they experienced these methods of teaching. But I guess we will see! Monday, March 31, 2008.

Thursday, April 17, 2008. I liked the activities that we did with the group WRITE AROUND. I did that exercise in highschool but only as a free write, but i like the idea of having a goal for each student. Friday, April 11, 2008. I do not like the idea of a confession poem. i find it to be raelly dull, boring and not interactive. Yes, it gives insights into a characters lives, and its an easy way for students to get an assignment for the teacher, but.

Friday, April 25, 2008. THIS MOVIE WAS FANTASTIC! I was so impressed with this group presenations on communities! Anyway, I would definitely use this exercise in the classroom because it would help students to get some sort of understanding as to how a group of people come together under certain shared interests to try to better their lives in regard to acquiring services needed for survival. I thought the group did a fantastic job and they gave the class a great tool to use in the future.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Professional Development - Bright Ideas Conference. Going to the Bright Ideas Conference really surprised me with the amount of help it offered. I have tried talking to professors and .

I hope that this gives insight and understanding to those pursuing education careers in grades 7-12. I am currently a Senior at Western Michigan University, in the secondary education program. I aspire to be a high school English teacher, specializing in upper-level courses.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Sunday, February 24, 2008. Writing a poem, or a creative fictional piece is very different from writing a thesis driven research paper. Therefore its only natural that the revision would be different as well. Well said Barry Gilmore, well said.

Monday, April 7, 2008. One of my favorite aspects of our presentation is that we had a lot of different ways of writing poetry. Most of us choose a poem structure that was less intimidating for students. When introducing poetry, i believe as a teacher, your main goal is to keep it simple to gain appreciation and motivation. The fourth and final poem is a little more complicated and involves. To use personal experiences to write poetry, because. That is what students already know and understand.