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Welcome to my home page! I
am a seventh grade Language Arts teacher at Forbes
Middle School.
My goal is to teach my students
how to be effective communicators, to think analytically, and to become
increasingly comfortable using technology.
Education & Teaching Background:
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Texas Certification in Language
Arts and Reading grades 4-12 |
| Texas Supplemental ESL
Certification grades 4-12 |
| Gifted and Talented
Certification through G. I. S. D |
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BA in Liberal Arts from Texas
State University, San Marcos--English major/history minor |
| Fifth year teaching in G. I. S.
D. |
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Student teaching experience in Round Rock I. S. D
at McNeil
High School--English II (on-level and Pre-AP) and Field Observation in San
Marcos I. S. D. at Goodnight Junior High School--8th grade History (on-level
and honors) |
Personal Information:
B. O. I
(Born on
Galveston Island)
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Graduate from
Texas
City High
School
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Professional Goals:
1.
Finish graduate school: MA in
history with literature minor
2. Obtain Texas certification in
history
Contact Information:
This year, our class will be learning about:
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Writing: to inform, to
narrate, to persuade, to express and poetry |
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Reading: recognize
distinguishing characteristics of genres, comprehension, theme, interpretation
of figurative language and other literary devices |
Required class novels:
A Paradise Called Texas, by Janice Shefelman
A
Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
Search for
the Shadowman, by Joan Lowery Nixon
Honors additional novels:
Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
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Vocabulary Development:
structural analysis of words (Greek and Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes),
vocabulary from class novels, tone vocabulary, and connotative and
denotative word meanings |
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Grammar: capitalization,
punctuation, parts of speech, subject/ verb agreement, pronoun referents, etc.
(skills will be taught through mini-lessons and in the context of students'
own writing) |
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Persuasion techniques: in
advertising, speeches, and other forms of media |
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Research: generate
specific questions, look for information in reliable sources, organize
relevant information, and properly document information using the Modern
Language Association's format
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Immigration Web Quest
Poetry
Web Quest
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