literacy

every tuesday/thursday myself and a classmate join an advisory class at school for 30 minutes. since we're there to learn, we do the teaching. i know, it seems ironic. if you've been reading anything so far, it's to learn the hard way - through experience. on thursday we stuck to the normal format of our literacy lesson with 25 minutes of reading and 5 minutes of giving the students a chance to reflect.

we had them write the main idea and 3 supporting details onto a piece of looseleaf. unfortunately, we didn't give them enough time as hardly any students had it finished. as a result, we will be picking them up from the students tomorrow.

this has been a challenging aspect of our time at this high school - collaborating with classmates who are in a different major and with whom we hardly spend any time with. clearly the focus of their studies have been different than ours. thankfully, my partner is a very nice girl and we work well together.

this class is a contrast to the paa 9 class i'm in. they're quick to shut up, quick to listen and generally a keen group. it's nice to experience a bit of contrast, so i'm thankful for both opportunities.