Chapter 9 and Final Comments
It is great to hear Tovani's discription of her day. I think that's why I like her so much she is real... Her advice to "focus on what is important and, as much as possible, ignore the rest,"(p. 118) could not be more timely to me (probably all of you, too).
Final Comments:
Tovani is still teaching. You can tell by her book that she is a "real teacher" who deals with all the daily struggles that we all face. I appreciate her frankness about not knowing all the answers.
Thank you all for being willing to join this book club. I have enjoyed reading each of your comments. Together, I think we have learned a little about the importance of teaching content reading in high school.
I look forward to having another professional book club next year. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Paula
posted by P. Miller @ 7:45 AM
4 comments
4 Comments:
I, as well, love the description of her day. I can completely empathize with that. Teaching 9th graders has taught that to them everything is drama and school is completely secondary to boys, girls, relationships, friday nights, and what's going on in the hall. Sometimes, I feel like with all of these distractions, their poor underdeveloped frontal lobes are NEVER going to appreciate what I have to tell them about science. And then there are days the completely amaze me and keep me coming back.
I really enjoyed Tovani’s book mainly because she helped me feel more comfortable about the decisions I make in my classroom. After reading her book and listening to her speak at her workshop, I know that she is a real teacher who has real struggles just like I do. She has given me many ideas to use in my classroom, and she also talked about many ideas I have tried which made me feel like I am heading in the right direction. Best of all, none of her ideas were to fancy or difficult to understand and I plan to refer to her book for years to come when I need new ideas or when I just need to feel more confident about teaching.
Chapter 9
We can all appreciate Tovani's writings in this book because she keeps it real. She includes those things that we all would like to forget about or pretend that they didn't happen. The While You Were Out note was classic. Only in a school would witness something so embarrassing that you wouldn't even want to write it down on a d-note. Tovani isn't afraid to admit that soem days her classes didn't go particularly well. She admits that we will never have all of the answers, but we can all appreciate the thought that she has given to searching for methods to improve reading and learning. This has been one of the best professional development classes that I have taken. Thanks bloggers, Mrs. Miller and Ms. Tovani.
It has been a wonderful experience for me to listen to each of you as you worked/talked through how you might use what Tovani has presented in this book. I liked the frank discussion of how you might make some of it your own. Thank you for all of the positive feedback. I hope each of you will join our cyber book club next year!!!
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