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My best teachers were ones who cared more about students learning than about getting through the materials.

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My best teachers were ones who cared more about students learning than about getting through the materials.

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When editing drafts I appreciated legit notes and annotations for me to progress on.

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My best teacher was always there for help before, during and after school.

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My best teachers never let me give up. Even when I thought the text was too hard, they gave me a different way to look at learning.

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My best teachers were simply the ones who took time to plan.  You can really tell when a teacher loves their job.

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My best teachers focused on "literary text" without discounting the power/potential of all texts.

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My best teachers were ones that challenged me beyond what I thought I was able to do.

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Hate when teachers give assignments without explaining why.

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My best teacher was passionate about his or her subject and assigned interactive assignments.
I hated when teachers used a stand and lecture as their go-to method.

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My best teachers adapted their approaches to teaching, according to each student's specific needs/strengths.

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I loved when teachers gave the opportunity to edit and draft our papers and assignments. I was always willing to do extra work but very rarely "got it" done to my own standards the first time.

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My best teacher wouldn't move on on until every student understood each part of the lesson.

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I loved whenever my ELA teacher first let me choose a book to do a book report on. I hated being told what to do, so this little freedom really inspired me to listen to all of the other things I had to do in my book report and helped me to enjoy reading.

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My favorite teachers always made information interesting and relevant.

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My best teacher always gave us the flexibility to choose what books we would like to read.  My most engaging teachers were always very enthusiastic and excited about the days lesson.

I always hated it when teachers would read the entire text out loud to us. I now know that sometimes that's necessary for modeling, but I understand better when I read things myself.

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My best teacher listened, all the time.

The worst thing was when teachers acted as if I knew nothing; I had nothing worthy to contribute to the conversation.

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My best teacher gave clear concise directions and included examples in order to help students come up with the best results.

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I love when teachers gave us clear assignments, with lots of time to collaborate and revise. Hated when teachers told us we didn't meet expectations, but didn't explain why.

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My best ELA teacher showed us how the skills we were learning would be applicable outside of the classroom. She also showed a genuine interest in our lives as students and did not talk down to us, but rather expected us to rise to a higher level of maturity.

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I loved when my ELA teachers would give examples and explain why we were doing activities. This allowed me to internalize new materials.

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AH: My best teachers focused on one text at a time and helped us dig deeply. I did not enjoy texts that were not contextualized for us. 

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AH: My best teachers focused on one text at a time and helped us dig deeply. I did not enjoy texts that were not contextualized for us. 

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I preferred hands-on, collaborative projects (creating a video of scenes from novels, interactive presentations, etc).

My English teacher (who I admired) gave us lots of choice - choosing a novel from a list to present, for example - and gave lots of time for student-driven discussion. She also had us keep a journal that was actually intended to be a journal of our thoughts & reflections (not busywork)

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My best teachers were super enthusiastic (our teacher dressed up as Robert Frost for the poetry unit) but also taught necessary skills (same teacher taught Root Words, which I still use today). I HATED teachers who had us read texts but never discuss them (Senior AP Lit teacher)

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I really began to improve and feel good about ELA whenever my teachers would meet me before class to edit essays
one-on-one.

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My best teachers were great listeners. They always heard what I said -- even when the things I said were "said silently."

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When teachers are clear, concise and establish a comfortable learning environment.

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My best teacher tied in a lot of history, pop culture, and relevant life lessons into our English class. He was interactive, intriguing, and funny.

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My best teachers broke things down and made expectations clear. I HATED when clear grading criteria wasn't given (well, I still do....).