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Re: MarjoryT or others: Length of Units
Posted by city teacher on 9/01/08
By the way, i do give homework, but with the exception of quarterly
book reports, I assign writing rather than reading. While it's
true that many of the students don't do the homework, I feel that
it is important to expect it of them. I fail to see how we can
expect kids to take school and education seriously when their
teachers don't. Frequently shifting enrollment is a constant
challenge. Do you ever stay after school to give kids a time and
place to read and study in? I find that many times if they know
you will be there for them, they would rather not go home. School
is often the safest place in their world. Even if they stop by and
don't study, the sense of connection is so important. On 9/01/08,
Robert F wrote:
> City Teacher, thank you for responding. Yes, the situation is
> far from ideal. Other teachers and I have argued against the
> "no homework" policy, to no avail. The response is that they
> won't do it anyway. I'd like to see us strategize about how to
> overcome that, but it doesn't look like the policy will change
> soon. The units will simply have to last more than seven
> days.Another concern is that we tend to get new students about
> every four weeks, which is especially tough if you are in the
> middle of a novel. I guess we will have to tell students that in
> that case they must do some reading for homework.
>
> RF
>
> On 9/01/08, city teacher wrote:
>>
>> i teach in a large urban school district. I have never had
>> sufficient numbers of books to be able to assign reading
>> outside of class. Sad to say, that although as English
>> teachers we are supposed to be working to instill a love of
>> reading in our students, many inner city teachers cannot
>> imagine the luxury of having books to send home with our
>> students. I can't imagine doing a novel in 3 to 7 days, since
>> we have to read in class. With all the usual scheduling
>> interruptions plus trying to include grammar, etc., we
>> usually try to cover four novels in a school yar. it is far
>> from ideal, but it is making the best of what we have
>> available.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- MarjoryT or others: Length of Units, 9/01/08, by Robert F.
- Re: MarjoryT or others: Length of Units, 9/01/08, by city teacher.
- Re: MarjoryT or others: Length of Units, 9/01/08, by Robert F.
- Re: MarjoryT or others: Length of Units, 9/01/08, by city teacher.
- Re: MarjoryT or others: Length of Units, 9/01/08, by Robert F.
- Re: MarjoryT or others: Length of Units, 9/01/08, by Robert F.
- Re: Marjoryt responds: divide the work into units, 9/02/08, by marjoryt, how has been in your shoes.
- Re: Wow! Thanks so much, Marjory NFM, 9/02/08, by Robert F.
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