On Monday, February 10, 2014 I was observed during sixth period by Mrs. Morgan. She came into the class a few minutes after the bell had rang. Previous to her entering the class, a student had cursed and got into a verbal argument with another student and I had called Coach Pugh down to the room, because of the student behavior. Coach Pugh said for me to write the cursing up for detention, I told him I would send the write ups down later. There was obvious tension in the air between students. Mrs. Morgan sat down beside Aaliyah Donnerson. There were eight students in the classroom. On the otherside of Aaliyah was Asheyunna Jacobs. Mrs. Morgan began talking to Aaliyah. They talked during a large portion of class. I was teaching a lesson on creating source cards and note cards for the student's research papers. Admittadly the lesson went very poorly. The students were not into it and refused to answer questions or participate in discussion. I had students stand up and stretch, but there still was no energy. I had an example on the smarboard and created a source card from the article I had on the board. I then gave students notecards and two articles to create source cards for. The six boys created their notecards, I walked around and monitored while they were working. Asheyunna and Aaliyah were acting rude and put out by the assignment. I had to ask Asheyunna to step into the hallway, so I could talk to her about her attitude. She became very rude and disrespectful with me in the hallway, so I asked her to go down to Coach Pugh's office. Aaliyah and Mrs. Morgan continued talking. During the observation Mrs. Kane came into the classroom to speak with Mrs. Morgan about something that needed to be emailed to someone. Mrs. Morgan di... ... middle of paper ... ... didn't try and explain that Aaliyah is absent a lot and that is why she didn't think we ever finished anything. I also didn't tell her that I had spoke with Mrs. Terri Davis, and plotted out what do to with my seniors, which included changing up what I do often, vocab one week, reading another. I felt she had made up her mind, to not have anything positive to say, so I just didn't respond. We ended the meeting with her telling me to email her a time I want her to come in during that week and observe my class. I emailed her and asked her to come in Wednesday during third period. She said she would, and if she wasn't there when class started to call down to Mrs. Dyson and let her know I was waiting. She didn't show up. I sent her an email letting her know I was disappointed that she didn't attend, and she emailed back Friday, that she was sorry she didn't make it.
Mark was so confused and could not answer the child that the teacher scolded him, stating that this behavior was inappropriate. Mark did not know what to do.... ... middle of paper ... ...
First, their was a big conflict inside the class room. Mr. Crawford was asking one of the students a question, and Jamal jumped in the conversation. Jamal was trying to help him out, so he told the boy to say his name, which was the answer to his question. Mr. Crawford was very angry. Mr. Crawford then tried to preach to Jamal by quoted some sayings. Mr. Crawford never got a chance to finish his sentence, because Jamal would finish them. Mr. Crawford then got mad. He then ordered Jamal to leave the class because he was embarrassed.
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You couldn't make our meeting this week. You had to attend the Career Fair on Wednesday. However, I have seen you working on your assignments. Keep working on your classes. Your grades are improving, but you need to work hard to keep this good track. Please check your grades in the Excel document I attached to my email.
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...my summary and response paper that I had a hard time finish it. She explained every detailed.