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Currently, I am structuring and framing my lesson plans because my recording date is during the week of March 6th, so I have some time. I am also stressed and somewhat mentally dying with balancing the edTPA, inquiry project, and sleeping schedules.

My complex is Hamlet for my edTPA, and I need to look over the schedule. I'll link my sheet in the comments below.

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My goal is to craft a community within my English classes, one where they are comfortable with their voice and empowered to express themselves freely. As a writer, I want to share more of my pieces with other people. I mainly write for my own self-reflection but I’d love to get over my anxiety of people reading my writings.

I’m simply relieved to finally be in this class because I’ve been waiting to finally jump into the meat of the program.

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I believe that I met the goal for “My Name.” However, I think that I could’ve elaborated further, rather than just meeting the expectations. I realized that there was so much more I could’ve wrote about but didn’t due to time mismanagement. Nevertheless, I enjoyed writing the piece and my partner, Justin, gave me encouragement.

With my saturation paper, I want to focus in on the death of Magellan at the hands of Laplapu. The scene will highlight the thoughts going on within LapuLapu and the Spanish soldiers nearby.

Open in on a scene with Magellan dead.

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I wrote from a third-person point of view, so I am thinking about editing to a first-person perspective. I want to expand on the scene’s descriptors.

TPE 4 is gonna be my goal! I really want to grow in my planning abilities, especially as an educator. TPE 6 is a favorite of mine because I love to collaborate with my fellow educators and glean from their experience.

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I just need to be more organized with my time and giving equal priority to all assignments. I enjoyed tonight’s lesson and how we were able to narrate the story together. Overall, today gave a lot of examples of writing development that I can use for my future classroom.

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I am just happy that the Saturation Paper is finished. Also we got to celebrate Marianne’s birthday today!

Regarding the cognitive strategies, I largely was using visualization and making connections when crafting the paper. I was focused on how to visualize the setting, while making connections between the primary sources and secondary sources. I also found myself forming interpretations when crafting dialogue that would line up with my chosen characters.

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I wore a dinosaur costume

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The first house was the best because it is so calming and peaceful. There is no one nearby except yourself, and that is awesome. People just suck and the third house definitely has a lot of people.

My lesson will be structured like my house, where students will be able to calmly and peacefully understand the depths of their learning experience. Their potential growth for growth is like the never ending forest that surrounds the house. I will help students to appreciate the slowness and witness the beauty of taking their time to grow.

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My mind is beat, but I found the two examples, Sam and Magaly, to be helpful on some activities I can use.  Though I was not in-person, I found myself critically reviewing my demo plan (which I have been struggling with due to my prompt fluctuating).

I just need to find solid ground right now at this point.

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I am looking forward to being able to take a more active role within my student’s day to day experiences. Being on the side is nice, but I want to show them that I can be a teacher too!

Can’t wait to finally be a “teacher” in that sense!

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My favorite piece was my Saturation Paper because it did not feel like an assignment. I was just able to creatively express myself haha.

A piece that taught me an important lesson about the writing process was the writing into the day because it got me to actually write.

A piece that was challenging for me was the demonstration lesson because I was struggling to refine my prompt. It took most of my work time but once I finalized it, I was able to start blitzing through.

I got a great idea for teaching from Christina because she reflected on how important it is to use student’s lived experiences within your lessons.

Marianne taught me something about the kind of teacher I want to be because she is very intentional and helpful.

One thing I learned by creating my demonstration lesson was the importance of scaffolding towards your prompt. If students do not have the proper foundation, then your unit can be a whole piece of crap. Even though it’s tedious, there needs to be systems in place to help students get to where you expect of them in the prompt.

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I realizedddd that mine does not gave any comments because of its glitched submission. BUT, I realized that my feedback towards my students is largely facilitative. I hope to become more balanced with directive and corrective styles.

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I will be assessing student's ability to identify author's choice and how it develops theme in a poem. I would write more, but I have a headache. Nevertheless, I am planning a lot.

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When I imagine what my dream job would be, I see students who are leading the classroom. I'd rather not "lecture" or "hold them by the hand" because their learning their own to dictate not mine. The classroom would be composed of a diverse amount of kids of all identities and backgrounds, and each person willing to listen to what they have to say.

The material that they read and write would not be a "distant" act, but one that is personal and relevant to their world and lives. They can take a text like Hamlet and draw connections to their own worries and life complexities.

The school would be open, almost nature-infused with plants and gardens everywhere. Natural lighting would be awesome, less artificial lights that harm the eyes and strain the brain.

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I want to express my desire to be in a school community that places the student first. So, with my resume and given experience in diversity and inclusion groups, I want to make my values clear to whoever looks at my resume and application. Hopefully, my letters of rec are indicative of those attributes.

Other than that, I am just trying to finish up my edTPA by the 20th so I can get my mentor teacher's letter of rec and start reaching out to different schools.

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I really appreciated Virginia's discussion about meaningfully integrating social justice standards into our lesson plans. At Portola, we already seek to integrate social justice and diversity standards, but I wanna continue this in my future classrooms. For our recent Hamlet unit, I made sure to utilize the community as a resource for learning. For example, we watched an all black cast for Hamlet, while also viewing various representations of Hamlet through other productions and media.

Also, I hope this makes sense. Just getting off of covid and the edTPA so my brain is fried.

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1. My 7th Period Seniors Class has been a wonderful class. Crazy but very understanding of one another.

2. My inquiry project is going smoothly, behind on the paper, but the cycles have been going well and my students have been participating.

3. I AM ALMOST DONE! I finish on the 26th and I am proud of my students!

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One routine that I want to finish the year with is our poem or quote reflection. It allows students to pause and reflect at the beginning of class. I'm planning on revisiting our Mary Oliver poem on our final day on Thursday and Friday! Also the googly eyebombings were the best!