I have really enjoyed this class this past semester. After having Dr.Pytash's class in the Fall semester I was excited to see what the Spring semester would bring. I was really excited to learn more valuable skills for my future classroom, and was even more excited to be back in the school setting at Firestone High School. It was really rewarding to see the progress that my student had been making, and I loved being able to help him even more. We had not previously worked on his essay writing skills that in-depth, and I believe he really benefited from the even further one on one tutoring.
I also really enjoyed our analysis of The Great Gatsby. I had a lot of concerns when it came to creating lesson plans, and after this class I feel a little more comfortable with them. Working with just one text helped me conceptualize the ideas and organization styles of writing lesson plans. I also learned a lot more different reading strategies to implement into classrooms and found the wiki project to be very enlightening. I was amazed at how many different lesson plans were accessible online.
Finally, I really learned some valuable ideas from Carol Jago's Classics in the Classroom. When I first began reading this book, I was not sure if I agreed with Jago's views on some points. As the book progressed, I was able to understand Jago's perspectives in her standards for her students. She wanted to challenge them, not to make them struggle, because she wanted them to relate and interpret the text to the best of their ability.
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