January Extra Blog Post

This past month I haven't been spending much time with my mentor Britt Linke at Walnut Grove Intermediate, I've instead been spending it with my second mentor Vince Leighton. He is the 7th grade Social Studies teacher there. I mentioned him in my 1st interview. I chose him as my 2nd mentor because as I mentioned in my interview, lots of the students there really like him. He happily agreed to be my mentor and has been really helpful with my senior project.

Blog 13-Lesson 2 Reflection

1. I am most proud of my stage presence during my presentation, many of the audience members said I was enthusiastic and had their attention during the presentation.

2.  I would give myself an AP.

3. I deserve this because I felt I did an ok job, but many of the audience members said that I rushed through my powerpoint a bit fast.

4. If I could go back, I would make my powerpoint more aesthetically pleasing.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours

1. I am doing my mentorship at Walnut Grove Intermediate School.

2. My contacts are Britt Linke and David Leighton, both History Teachers at Walnut Grove.

3. I have done 27 hours, though I still need to record it in my Mentorship hours log.

4. I have done 27 hours. Most of those consisted of grading papers, walking around the class helping students with their classwork, and working on my Independent component with my mentors.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. Yes it is important to work on your Senior Project over break because just because you have time off doesn't mean you should just put off your project. You need to use every bit of time your given wisely. However I myself did not follow this and did minimal stuff on my project over break.

2. I learned that I should have used my time wisely and should really set in to gear now and really focus on working on my Senior Project.

3. I would talk to my second mentor that I have, Mr Leighton. A lot of the students at my mentorship really like his way class and way of teaching History. I should ask hime how he does it.

Blog 10-EQ

1. I've reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.

2. A) Yes, I feel this EQ meets all of the requirements for the rule of three.
   
    B) No, the only problem with this EQ is the wording. It could have been worded better. Other than
         that, everything else is good.

    C) No, I feel this EQ cannot be simply researched and that it would all be opinionated for specific
         customers.

    D)Yes, even though it might be simple it works.

3. What are the most important factors for a History Teacher to successfully teach and engage his/her students?

Blog 9: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. I am most proud of the research examples I had because I think they really strengthened the point I was trying to make which was, "why is history important?"

2. I would give myself a AP/ P

3. I think I deserve this because although I was really nervous when I first got up in front of class, I think I the end I pulled it together and my presentation overall was decent.

4. I would go back in time and make sure I wasn't nervous and would have better paced myself on each section when I would present.

October Extra Blog Post

Recently the students at my mentorship have been learning about the Civil War. They're learning about what events led up to the Civil War, what major battles occurred, and the outcome of the United States once this bloody conflict was over. This is all very interesting and neat, but what they are really looking forward to is that once the are done with the Unit. They get to do a Civil War reenactment, in which they invite Civil War Reenactors to the school and they teach the students what it was like to be a soldier on the Union or Confederate side. Even I myself am looking forward to this. I can't wait