Tuesday, October 29, 2013

How do I feel about my unit?

            How do I feel about my unit? Have I progressed as much as I hoped I would have by this point? What more can I do to improve the unit? Questions I ask myself almost daily…

            Overall, I think things are going really well. I am really focused on what I am doing and think that I would be able to teach this unit to a class. This week, Chris and I decided we would have completed unit maps to discuss and turn in for review. I think this is going really well for me, however I am having a bit of trouble with deciding what assessments and skills I would like to test with what texts. I keep moving things around, and have basically felt pretty indecisive about all this. Also, I am having a bit of difficulty deciding what standards align with each portion of the unit. I think this comes with practice, and I haven’t been faced with needing to align standards with my lessons before. Now, I think I am being forced to, which in turn could be good.

            Other than that, I am really enjoying creating this unit. I feel really engaged and wish that when I was in middle and high school, my teachers created comprehensive units like this to teach us. I really like the idea of incorporating novels, films, poetry, and other media/texts in order to reach different types of learners and to further understanding in units. Hopefully when I am presented with my own classroom, I will be conscious of this, just as I am right now.


-          - Alexandra K. Wiesyk

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