I read this interesting article by Mr. Fisch titled "Speaking From the Soul", this article was about how teachers these days are very passionate, caring and how much work they put into what they do. In this article he uses this one teacher as an example.
This teacher was a kind of a writer who wrote only for her satisfaction and was very reluctant of sharing her work. Part of this article was also about being able to be a good teacher and part of that is having a good relationship with your students, which plays in a part of how passionate they are with what they do. This teacher shared her own private thoughts in her poem to her class, it was not exactly easy for her because even though she is a long time teacher who is very experience at what she does, it was not so easy to stand up there and share a poem that was written for her and share it with a bunch of young teenagers. I think it was a good decision to do this because it gave her students a different picture of her and helped in a way build a trust and a new relationship, because there are somethings that you only share with certain people that you trust and care about.
I can really relate to her and her situation because I am a very private writer. I really don't like to share my work and I keep a diary and other types of writing that I have written just for me and I really don't share it with no one not even my cousin, or my sister who are two of the most trusting people in my life. I think it would be very hard to go and read it to people who you don't really know all that well, but you take a chance to make that connection with your students.
I read her poem and it is a poem that is very much about her and a poem that makes you understand where she is from, about her family and about her experiences. Letting all that out is not that easy especially when you wrote it just for yourself.
"Cotton Farmers and Gamblers"
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Lauren good job you did a good job presenting you made good eye contact but you talked a little fast
Lauren, good job you said "like" a lot but good job on preparing and making great eye contact. Good job
You made great eye contact and didn't really on your note cards the whole time but had them for backup.Good job.
Lauren I thought you did a very good job with your presentation. You were very composed and you did a great job explaining your points. You were a little bit quiet though. Over all Great Job!
Lauren, good job on your presentation. I liked that you read the poem from the first article. Next time try to speak up a little more and use less filler words. Overall you did a great job.
Lauren, you did really well on your presentation. You stumbled a little, but it wasn't very noticable. When you turned to get the poem up, your voice faded, so it was hard to hear you, so try t work on that.Try not to look at your notecards so much. Other than these small factors, great job!
good jobb but try to speak a little betttaer and at some points i didnt no what you were talking about but you made good eye concat and you went and showed us the poem
Lauren, you did well relating your articles to yourself. Maybe next time, try speaking up, it was a little hard to hear you. But great job!!!
I agree with being able to know and relate to your teacher. It is easier for me to talk to me teacher when i know them and they can open up to the class and not keep everything to themselves. I think reading the poem was a good idea and how you related it to yourslef was great. I can also relate becuase i just moved here so i kind of understand how it is to move around espeically from NY to CO. Great job.
Lauren! Good job on your presentation! I think that you should have talked louder and slower, that way everyone could hear you and understand you. I also think that you should try not to say like a lot. One other thing you should try not to do is to turn your back on the class because that way it is really hard to hear what you are saying. Other then that though you did a great job!
Lauren, you had a good presentation. It was really hard to hear you especially when you turned around, you also said "like" a lot. Try to speak up but you made good eye contact.
Lauren, you did a great job! You made great eye contact and made it personal. Good job!
I really liked how you read us one of her poems to help us understand. You said "and stuff" at the end of alot of your sentences. You didnt seem very prepared. I liked how you related her poem to yourself. Good eye contact and good job!
Lauren, I think that it was great how you really delved into your subjects. You also made good eye contact and didn't look at your note cards which is also good.
You did a great job with your eye contact and really got into and really knew what you were talking about. Great job.
Lauren,
Good presentation! I liked many of your ideas on your blogs. You made good eye contact and have good speaking skills.
Lauren! Great job talking about the articles. I think that would be a cool assignment to do a poem to show who you are and what you've experianced. I like that womans poem. It reminds me of a poem my friend had to write for her integrated class. They couldn't say exactly where they were from, but saying like what their parents, grandparents and everyone in their families have done. So she said, "I am from eyes and bread", because her mom is an eye doctor, and her dad and grandparents are bakers. I think that it is important to have some what of a relationship, but not too much, but if something's wrong, then the teacher might have had that experiance so they can help you out. Great job!
Lauren, good job on your presentation and keeping eye contact with the audiance. You needed to speak up a little more because sometimes it was hard to hear you.
You did a good job on describing your posts but try to speak louder and clearly. Also try to make more eye contact and really connect to your audience.
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