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"The Road Less Travelled" Doesn't Exist | A Professor Explains ("The Road Not Taken")

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As popularized by Gordon, I will advocate "encouragement and development of student self-control and self-regulated behavior" (Kellough & Kellough, 2010, p. 107).

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"Encourage students to show respect for themselves and for others and provide each student with a sense of belonging" (Kellough & Kellough, 2010, p. 105).

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"Unless you believe students can learn, they will not. Unless you believe you can teach them, you will not. Unless your students believe they can learn and until they want to learn, they will not" (Kellough & Kellough, 2010, p. 104).

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Every time we enter a new classroom for the first time we embark on a new journey. Through this journey, we experience more of the world around us and through these experiences, we will learn more about ourselves and each other. We can all take an active role or a passive one. Please be active in your own journey

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If we don't know something, ask for help

If we don't understand something, ask for clarification

If we make a mistake, laugh it off and try again

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Be proud of the work we show

Be honest if the work isn't the best

Be honest if we forgot something

Apologize if we hurt someone's feelings

Don't beat ourselves up if we didn't do as well as we hoped

Don't be rude to people who we think didn't do as well

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Don't talk over each other

Learn to pronounce each other's names correctly

Don't disrupt the class if we come in late

Use each other's proper pronouns

Don't assume to know everything

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We are stronger together. If you have trouble with something, ask your desk neighbor or a friend first. If you want to know what you can do better on a future presentation, ask someone who you thought did a really good presentation. Help is a two-way street; taking the initiative by asking for help, and taking initiative by giving the help asked for, will make you not only a better student but a better classmate and a better person. Humans are social creatures; we do our best work when we work with others. Play to that strength... no that doesn't mean you can cheat

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After analyzing and criticising a text, students will be asked to reformat the text to create a student original work that covers the same themes and uses the same literary devices the author employed. By doing so, students will gain a better understanding of the practical side of text formation as well as gain a deeper respect for text formation.

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Upon intensively analysing a text, students will answer the questions: Did the author achieve what they wanted to; Why or why not? By making an assertion, and using evidence from the text to defend it, students will develop a broader sense of how successful, and unsuccessful, texts are presented.

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Students will look at a variety of texts and be asked the questions: What is the author saying; and how is the author saying it? Students will determine and infer the underlying patterns, themes, messages, literary devices the "author" uses to convey their thoughts. Students will break down the text to its individual parts and look at it as a whole to find these underlying tools.

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I will

treat you with respect

work my hardest to help you achieve what I know you're capable of

I will guide you by

explaining all assigned material until you feel you know the level I hope you will rise to

providing the necessary amount of feedback for you to grow if you choose to listen to my opinion

My door is open if you need or want

clarification on any assignment

more detailed feedback on any assignment

someone to talk to

someone to listen

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Part of being a team means not only holding ourselves accountable but holding each other accountable. This includes:
- Speaking up when we see something wrong
- Reminding each other of the rules
- Taking responsibility for our actions
- Contributing to group efforts

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1. We are equal; not better than someone else

2. We know differently; not more

3. We define who we are; not a letter

4. We are humans; not robots

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1.) We will be respectful
- of each other's opinions
- of each other's experiences
- of each other's identities
- of each other's time
2.) We will
- give our best effort and be honest
- remedy any wrong we commit
- be kind to each other and ourselves
3.) We will allow ourselves
- to ask for clarification
- to laugh
4.) We will learn
- to work as a group

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It is my firm belief that teachers are not the sole authority of the class and we are not dictators with an iron fist. We are our students' guides. And as a guide, it is my responsibility to prepare my students to use English the way they will encounter it the most in this ever-evolving world: for communication. We read books, write poetry, give presentations, not for their own sake but to learn to think better, to express ourselves better. So, I root my class in three core principles to develop students' beliefs and cognition: Analyzing, Criticising, and Synthesizing.