lara mentorship

For the final assignment of the year I will be reflecting upon this semester in my mentorship class. First and foremost I would like to say that my second period mentorship class is the best class I have ever been part of. No other placement could have been a better fit for me. This ESL class and this experience as a whole is something I will never forget. I have learned so much from every student and Mrs. DiTullio. They welcomed me into th...

This weeks blog topic is whether exams are necessary in high school or not. I believe that they are necessary to a certain extent. It used to be that anyone with an 80 average did not have to do the final exams. That system I agree with. I believe that if you have a grade above average then it is completely unnecessary to write the exam. Not everyone is good at tests and the exam counts for a lot of our final grade. Those who don't need the extra chan...

This week I found some activities and stories about the history of christmas for the students in my class. I chose to do the history of christmas because the students are new to Canada so I thought it would be cool for them to learn about some history and traditions. There are many things that are different for the students between where they used to live to how things are here in Canada. I chose a story about the origin of the christmas tr...

This weeks blog is about behaviour. In my class I chose to use the reinforcement theory on one of my students, Joe. The reinforcement theory suggests that people with good behaviour should be rewarded and people with bad behaviour do not get rewarded at all. The student may also receive a negative reaction. I chose a student in the classroom that does not always have the best behaviour in class. I personally believe that that this theory is one of the most effective to getting ...

This weeks blog topic is how I deal with challenging personalities in the classroom. My approach to dealing with challenging personalities in the classroom is to try to change the way I act and teach with the students. There are only eight students in the classroom so it is not very difficult to adapt to so many personalities. Every student is unique and many students have different personalities. Though i have yet to deal wi...

For this weeks blog post I will be reflecting on a quote. The quote is: “We learn 10% of what we read, 20% of what we hear, 30% of what we see, 50% of what we see and hear, 70% of what is discussed with others, 80% of what we experience personally and 95% of what we teach someone else.” -William Glasser (Glasser, as cited in Glenn, 1999) I agree with this quote from William Glasser. I think this quote completely describes how students learn and how teachers teach a...

This weeks assignment is to list and explain 5 traits that would make an excellent teacher in today's society. These are the five traits that I think make a great teacher.

Patience

I believe that a teacher must have lots of patience to keep a class in order and to keep students happy. A teacher must be patient with all students and be able to take...

I have learned multiple things about myself during this week's assignment. I have discovered many new traits and characteristics and have come to many conclusions about the truth behind who I am. In the human resources quadrants theory I realized that I fit into two quadrants. Quadrant number one which is analytic and quadrant number four which is amiable. In quadrant number one the person is generally fact based, makes slow decisions, is calm and dislikes being rushed. I thin...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMTHhKdkw ;

I will be describing this video in one word. Feel free to give it a watch! 

Describing word: UPLIFTING 

I agree with the statement that all students should have to complete 40 hours of community service in order to receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. There are many reasons as to why completing 40 hours of community service is beneficial to high school students. Several reasons are that students can gain experience in the workplace, it is a way for students to give back to their communities, more experience looks better on a resume...

For this blog entry I will be discussing how I believe physical education should not be mandatory for all high school students. I don't think physical education should be mandatory because physical education should be something people chose to do, as opposed to it being forced upon someone. Though some people need that extra push to get active, they should be doing it because they wish to not because someone is forcing them to. Furthermore,...

This week's entry topic is equity. Equity is when there is a mutual respect between the teacher and the student. The teacher listens to the needs of the students and feel good about lessons taught in classroom. The students must be engaged and participate in class. One way I believe we can promote equity is by having the teacher try to understand their students. When students notice that teacher is truly making an effort to understand and know ...

Thursday, September 8 2016

Lara Naim

Hello Miss. DiTullio,

My name is Lara Naim and I am a grade eleven student here at St. Pius X High School. I have been at St. Pius for the past three years and every year gets better than the previous one. I have been looking forward to being a part of the mentorship program all summer long. When I was told that I had the chance to chose the class I would b...

This week I found some activities and stories about the history of christmas for the students in my class. I chose to do the history of christmas because the students are new to Canada so I thought it would be cool for them to learn about some history and traditions. There are many things that are different for the students between where they used to live to how things are here in Canada. I chose a story about the origin of the christmas tr...