I'm a real teacher!

Oh boy. I taught my first lesson today. It was only my fourth day in class, but I felt pretty confident about it. Isabel and I discussed what the kids need to learn in terms of grammar. They're going to be forced into a much more rigorous writing climate once they get to middle school English class, so they definitely need to learn types of sentences. I started off the lesson by handing out a worksheet on complete vs. incomplete sentences.

First lesson I learned: The kids don't know what the definition of a verb is! They also had trouble identifying the subject of the sentence. I have a feeling that it will come back to them (hopefully), but for now we've got our work cut out. Luckily, I had my wits about me, and I realized I had to backtrack about halfway through the period. Instead of plowing onward, we went over some examples of verbs, nouns, and how to find what the sentence is "all about."

The kids loved the activity, which was a bonus. I had them match pieces of sentences together to make "silly sentences that still make sense." They came up with some pretty goofy things!

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