Middle school was one of toughest. It was crucial for me to read, write, and speak English. My sixth-grade teacher wrote on my process report that I needed more practice with my English. So, I was required to be enrolled in an ESL (English second language) class. I was expected to write stories, present my country and culture, and was able to read aloud once month during the school year. It was one of the most challenging thing I have face but with enough practice the reward will be fulfilling. I was determined to do good on these assignments and want to prove people wrong that I can read, write, and speak English. I remembered that I stayed every night reading and watching tv shows with English subtitles. Whenever I stumble a word that I can’t
understand or pronounce I would write it on a piece of paper. Then I would stay after class and met with my teacher to help with the words that I had difficulty understanding. Conceptualize the language was difficult because some words sound the same but spelled differently and have different meaning. There were some days that I wanted to quit because words and phrases were not processing through my brain. I repeated words multiple times and I still cannot conceptualize the meaning of it. I felt impatient and wanted to give up because nothing is improving. However, with doubts happening to my head I just needed a break of studying and not take it too far to the point of losing hopes and interest. Fortunately, I did not give up and for over a year and a half, I trained myself to become fluent in English. When the assignments were approaching I know that with so much practice I would do well. By the end of the school year I receive a superior score on my assignments and my teacher had invited me to go to school awards night because she nominated me for being the most outstanding and hardworking student she had. Everyone congratulated me and my family was very proud.
As many people have told me before, it is a very different ballgame than middle school’s easy going years. There is much more work, the classes are harder, and the environment is completely different. Many people’s grades may slip and they may cower in fear at the barrage of assignments they receive class after class. Unlike other people, I am confident in my ability to excel at all classes and to sustain exemplary grades. Therefore, while many are trembling in fear at the prodigious assignments and work is bombarding them from all angles, I will be at ease, knowing that whatever obstacle is thrown my way, I will conquer it and be its own
Throughout my life, I had always received recognition for being very agile and quick. My first day of Middle School consisted of the track and field coach attempting to persuade me to join the school’s athletics program. I had previously never been apart of an athletics team, and was willing to take advantage of the opportunity. Throughout my three years of middle school, I was the one consistent member of the school’s track and field team and had an overall successful personal record. Coaches from opposing school would praise me leaving me feeling very confident about myself.
It was till about the age of seventeen or also known as the eleventh grade for English to be positively impacted in my life. The years before were horrible, classes felt like it took a lifetime to end, the pasty smell of opening an old book just made me gag, last but not least the teacher would never help me on what I was struggling which lead to me never paying attention to the class. The end of the tenth grade one of my older friends and I were talking about the A.P English class that my school provided. He was telling me on how fun, interesting, and most important easy the class was. Like most High School students, I started to consider whether or not I should move up into the A.P course or should I stay.
Middle school is very difficult and most of you are probably thinking How am I supposed to survive through the three years known as middle school. In middle school you are given more homework so you need to learn how to manage your time and how to prioritize. Another challenge in middle school is studying for test and quizzes. Last but not least is producing quality work you can’t get away with not doing good work anymore you might have been able to in elementary but not in middle school. If you learn to do all of these things middle school won’t be as hard as it seems.
Are you nervous about middle school? Are you feeling intimidated by what you think you’re going to face? Don’t worry, because I had the same kind of mindset when I was about to enter junior high. I was worried about the assignments becoming more difficult and about the teachers probably becoming stricter. But as I went through junior high, I realized that I actually had nothing to fear. Through my middle school years, I’ve picked up on some ways and techniques that make surviving middle school a little easier and a lot more fun. In order to survive middle school, you must have good study skills, be able to deal with or avoid class drama, and you must follow some of my personal advice.
My names Chase Tate i'm 14 years old, 6 feet 3 inches and go to grey hawk middle school. I get in trouble a lot at school Teachers want to send me to an alternative school were the worst of them all go to There was kids all ages there up to 18.I Don't think I should go to this school but my parents agree with them so I have to go.My mom and dad drive me it's was a long drive it took 6 hours. We finally made it and I don't want to get out of the car. The place was terrifying it had gated fences like a prison.
Middle school is the time of puberty for most. All of those awkward stages from blue eye shadow and silly popularity contests, all the way to bullying. When you’re this young you usually don’t know the impact your words
Now that middle school is coming to a great end I thought I would write about it. I didn’t think middle school was going to be as easy as it actually is. My 5th grade teacher always said it was going to harder than elementary school but it’s not in my opinion.
Once i was 7 years i was in 2nd grade and i was a troublemaker and i was always disrespectful to all the teachers. So, then the teachers were talking to why do you talk too much and i was like i don’t now it is just in my blood. So, i tried my best not to get in trouble because i want to have a bad year.
At this story I will be talking about my life past in elementary.When I begin to elementary to today I am a middle school.
When presented with the question of what I think I will remember the most from my middle school experience, the first thing I think of is the Catholic education. At Carondelet, there was a very large emphasis put on learning as much as we could about being Catholic. I enjoyed that very much, as I am very interested in learning about my faith. Church is a large section of my school experience, and it would be strange to not continue that in high school. Carondelet instilled the idea of giving back to the community through volunteer work. At Carondelet, we work together as a community to help those in need. It feels good to help others and I would enjoy going to a school that values service to the community.
When I first started school, I really didn’t know any English. It was hard because none of the kids knew what I was saying, and sometimes the teachers didn’t understand what I was saying. I was put in those ELL classes where they teach you English. The room they would take us to was full of pictures to teach us English, and they would make us sit on a red carpet and teach us how to read and write. When I would go back to regular class, I would have to try harder than the other students. I would have to study a little more and work a little harder with reading and writing if I wanted to be in the same level as the other kids in my class. when I got to third grade I took a test for my English and past it I didn’t have to go to does ELL classes anymore because I passed the test, and it felt great knowing that I wouldn’t have to take those classes no more.
Curtin, E. M. (2006). Lessons on effective teaching from middle school ESL students. Middle School Journal, 37(3), 38–45.
Between 69 and 90 percent of English learning students in middle school and high school are not achieving the academic proficiency to succeed in the english mainstream program. Two important reasons are (1) a lack of teacher preparation to use research-based strategies to teach academic language and curriculum content and (2) some programs offer English as a second language with a watered-down curriculum. Consequently, English language learners adopt only simplistic phrases and superficial concepts through mostly oral language as opposed to what they need to learn (Minaya). ESL students are students who move to the United States from a different country to have a better education. It is more than likely a huge, drastic change for them to go
The last few weeks of every year we had to take the greatly feared “TAKS” test. I was extremely nervous about the writing portion of the test. So the night before I went to bed at eight o’ clock sharp and woke up early and ate a good balanced breakfast, ready to dominate this test! Waiting for the test to be handed out I had butterflies in my stomach, my palms were sweating and I looked like my dog had just died. Basically the perfect description of someone who is not ready for a test. After slaying through hours of questions and writing, I was finally finished. Around two weeks later the results had arrived. Mrs. Valentine called each of us to her desk to privately inform us of our score. Finally it was my turn to figure out what I had made, with a deep gulp I asked her what it was and she proudly said with joy that I had been commended! I shouted “REALLY” and she nodded eagerly. I was so relieved; a big weight had been lifted of my shoulders that day, and raised my hopes for writing in the future. All because Mrs. Valentine actually cared to help me, and to that I thanked her for all her help. English become somewhat of a second nature to me all throughout grade school. Everything was going great until high school came along. It seemed as everything had to do with literacy, not just English, but also math, history, science and even