How the negative experience is perceived is how the writer will approach the writing assignment. ... The positive outcome would be that she achieved her goal, but I wonder if she approaches a writing assignment as an enjoyable task. ... This did not deter her from the enjoyment of writing once she applied creative skills to the writing process. ... Teachers using writing as punishment defeats the purpose of trying to show children that writing is fun. ... I brought the assignment home and my parents were so upset and said that this should have been handled a different way than making the c...

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• Grade Level: High School

A student's dreams are what motivates them to strive for success and knowledge and become interested in assignments. If a student is interested and engaged, they will put more effort and time into those assignments, ultimately getting more out of them. Incorporating their dreams into different assignments is what I will strive to accomplish. ... Writing is the perfect avenue for this. I would give prompts that allow the students to incorporate their dreams into their writing, all the while relating it to the assignment, reading, and unit. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The most inspiring thing about it was the assignments that I did, the teacher and the books I read. The Assignments that were given to me in my English class in high school were things such as poems, and character analysis. ... I think that my English teacher helped my writing improve tremendously, and over the years I have seen improvements from using her techniques. ... I think this helped me with my writing a lot, especially in fantasy writing, because I could make up a lot of crazy things. ... I also thought that the books, teacher and assignments that I had all were major factors in...

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• Grade Level: High School

The most inspiring thing about it was the assignments that I did, the teacher and the books I read. The Assignments that were given to me in my English class in high school were things such as poems, and character analysis. ... I think that my English teacher helped my writing improve tremendously, and over the years I have seen improvements from using her techniques. ... I think this helped me with my writing a lot, especially in fantasy writing, because I could make up a lot of crazy things. ... I also thought that the books, teacher and assignments that I had all were major factors in...

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• Grade Level: High School

It happens more often among students who are trying to type up a research paper, when they don't really understand the whole concept of the assignment or when they know they don't have the sufficient time to turn in the assignment. ... Some students feel that their writing skills or research skills are too weak to pass a course, so they panic and decide to buy a paper written by someone else. ... It is not their fault that they are writing definitions word for word on essays or tests. ... Students should be able to complete their assignments of each class. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Based off of what I see the teacher do, I try to imitate how they would do things or I think about how they would do the assignment themselves if they were in our place. ... If an instructor is in front of the class giving a lecture and showing a powerpoint, with text, pictures, etc, and I'm taking notes, writing down exactly what I'm seeing and hearing, it helps me understand the material being taught more efficiently. I'm writing down what I'm learning and then I can go back to my notes to look over visually and remember what the instructor said or did and it helps me rem...

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• Grade Level: High School

It was broken into nine separate sections, each educating the reader on assignments to follow. The writing was fairly basic, thus the elaborate reference to types of reading was often challenging to understand. ... I know this class will be different than all the other classes I have taken because it is my first college writing class. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I will also constantly remind students of the rules and consequences by putting them in writing and placing them in a conspicuous place. ... Classroom assignments will be posted on the board daily for students to copy in notebook. 4. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

One time my history teacher gave a reading assignment of approximately five pages; this is the time when I was newly arrived in America and did not have a very good comprehension of English. ... He not only helped me with homework assignments and with learning the English language that I am unfamiliar with, to be able to use the language eloquently and correctly, but also he helped teach me to be responsible and to be on time. ... When I was in the tenth grade, I failed the FCAT test, which is the test that measures student achievement in reading and writing. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Lets visualize a class of thirty students ranging from the age of six to eight years, now, all these children are incapable of reading, writing legibly, and in two or three cases unable identifying the letters of the alphabet. ... This is no easy assignment. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She is writing this article to be published in a monthly journal produced by Phi Delta Kappan. ... These include understanding how students learn, designing compelling assignments, coaching students until they get those "aha" moments, and working with other teachers(Lewis 2003). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In American schools most of the activities are done with the hands-on attitude meaning that the involvement into you can do it and do it yourself assignments is the number one priority. ... I teach because I love guiding secondary students through the learning experiences of exploring literature, creating personal writing, and sharing ideas in our classroom community. ...

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I couldn't stand being babied and chased down for assignments. ... Notes and homework were written in whatever format that we felt was best, as long as the things we learned during class were implanted in what we were writing down. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Five Different Teacher Types in School System There are different types of teachers. They come from all region, colors, and religions. If you know those types, it will help you recognize one from another, how to anticipate, and know what to expect from each type. There are five different types ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She had me reading and writing at a very young age and often thought I was excelled in many areas. ... He states that he was "annoyed when he was unable to get help ", on a simple mathematics assignment (346). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I can't say that I've been stereotyped before, but categorized, I think I may have. Being a football player at Lejeune High School, you were defitnally categorized. Most teacher's would think that you were the worst person in school. They say that all football players have attitudes, and they thi...

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• Grade Level: High School

Just a simple thing that only required the use of the mouse, but we did it once a week for 45 minutes a day and even had assignments for it. ... They continue to learn the standard things each year, but with a different method of teaching added on to the regular list of reading and writing, they acquire another skill of solving and stimulate their brain in different ways. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The quote "Education is more then skills and knowledge; teaching is more then lecturing; learning is more than taking notes and doing assignments" means that learning is so much more then doing school work, listening to a teacher and getting good grades. ... When Nancy said "One immensely cheered by the information that I paint my own fingernails; she decided that If I could go to such trouble over fine details, she could keep on writing essays", she was showing her effect on the students. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This would allow Tawana to express herself freely without worrying about turning it in as an assignment and receiving an A; so the others could maybe criticize. ... To And physics structure early world history Enrichment Changing bases in Experimentation Short story and Reading bio's Number systems and data collect poetry writing for history insight Sophistication Mastering the law Learning the Mastering the Learning and Of arithmetic laws of physics properties of plays etc. applying econ. ...

• Word Count: 920
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• Grade Level: High School