Field Experience

I also started my field experience last week and had some mixed feelings about it. I am doing it at Springfield Catholic every wednesday all day. I got there and was planning on being in Ms. Higgins classroom, who I met and really liked! She was young and we had a lot in common. I was very excited about learning from her, but halfway through the first day I was told that I would be switching to Mrs. Morton, the head of the English department. I guess Mrs. Morton didnt feel like I should be doing my field experience with such a young teacher. I was sort of dissapointed, but I guess it might be better for me to learn from a more experienced teacher. Mrs. Morton is very nice and seems to be well liked by her students. She has been teaching there for 7 years and has some very effective techniques with her students. The most amazing thing that I have noticed is how incredibly smart these kids are! The students at this school are more motivated than I have ever seen in a practicum! She teaches only juniors and seniors and I have been so amazed to see how much they know about the issues they are talking about. They are all very active in the discussions and have very informed opinions on topics like the Civil Rights Movement, which is what most of them have been learning about. It makes me a little more intimidated to teach them, but I think I will be fine. I have already started thinking about some ideas for a lesson in their. She gave me a lot of freedom in choosing a topic because they will be done with their unit in a couple of weeks and she doesnt have anything planned after that. I decided to do some African Americn poetry, since the Civil rights movement is fresh on their minds, and I love poetry. If anyone has any good ideas for lessons with that let me know!