Friday, April 18, 2008

Averge English 12 (April 18, 2008)

In Class:

  • The consequences of society's rejection towards people who are different (one main theme in the novel Frankenstein)
  • We did an in-class group activity using a plane crash scenario where students chose which four, of sixteen passengers, were allowed to use a life raft to get to shore (ultimately surviving where the other five passengers died). If you missed this activity, YOU MUST COME SEE ME SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT!!! There is a lesson, and 15 pts in it for you!!!
  • No weekend assignment, though Monday we must finish discussing Frankenstein Chapters 17-20 and submit our worksheets!!! We can do it!
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My basic social character is that of thirty year-old, rambunctious and FULL of energy, 5’3”, red haired, green eyed, sportier of retro/ colorful clothing who lives in an old Victorian house. I teach Critical Thinking, English Composition, and Effective Speech at Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PTI), and I was born in Pittsburgh, but raised in Butler, PA; I was formerly a senior high school English teacher who taught British Literature to seniors for four and a half years at Butler Area Senior High School (BSHS, Butler, PA). I have been teaching college classes since 2008, when I graduated with my Master's degree in Instructional Leadership and English.