Sentences with phrase «writing teacher because»

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In a study published in The European Journal of Social Psychology, students who wrote out self - advice using «you» not only completed more problems but said they would be happier to work on more in the future compared with students who used «I.» The researchers speculated this is because second - person self - talk may trigger memories of receiving support and encouragement from parents and teachers in childhood.

The owner and a couple of the other teachers had asked me a few times if I'd consider teaching, but I kept hemming and hawing because I do have a primary career, which is writing a novel every nine months.

As the Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh writes, «The best way of preparing for the future is to take good care of the present, because we know that if the present is made up of the past, then the future will be made up of the present.

«I'm an accidental author and teacher because I'm not trained in writing and I'm not trained in teaching,» Miles says.

Mainly, because in all the verbiage about freedoms of beliefs there is something so important, so blatantly acute yet everyone do not even mention it, except - oh genial me: Why would anyone in the whole world support any type of creed / belief / religion where a whole lot of humans — as in millions of human women — are not allowed to go to school, to even just read and write - less become a teacher, doctor, lawyer, president of their own companies, their own countries, mutilated by the millions when they reach puberty, WHY is this allowed?

[15] Focusing on the cup, Cyprian writes that he has been constrained to address this issue because of the «ignorance or naïveté» of some people, who in consecrating the Lord's cup and in its administration «do not follow the precepts and practices of Jesus Christ our Lord and God, the Author and Teacher of this sacrifice» (1.1).

One of the best pieces of advice I had from Mary Ellen Chase, that superb teacher I was privileged to study with in college, was that anybody who was seriously considering writing as a profession must be completely familiar with the King James translation of the Bible, because the power of this great translation is the rock on which the English language stands.

Since I won't be at the school where Charlotte is going, I thought I would write a list of «Char - isms» for her teachers, in case they need help while I am not there because let's face it, she IS sort of a handful.

«I remember being scared witless as an 11 - year - old by a fire - and - brimstone history teacher who told us we would all be dead by Christmas because the Soviet Union urgently needed access to warm water ports for some reason, and the Red Army was going to sweep through Europe,» he wrote.

Speaking about the federal models for schools identified as Persistently Lowest Achieving, Mulgrew said that the union could not come to an agreement with the DOE on the transformation or turnaround models because the UFT wanted a teacher to be able to discuss an informal observation write - up with an administrator, but the DOE refused to require that.

«The best thing to have been done was that you write to us as teacher unions because at least, the law says that there must be one union which holds the collective bargaining certificate,» Mr. Acheampong asserted.

[113][114] Harig won the support of the Buffalo Teachers Federation and AFL - CIO, [113] while Paladino received the endorsement of The Buffalo News editorial board, which wrote: «Despite all his defects — his offensive comments, his bullying, his sometime inability to function effectively on the board — it is because of his influence that the board is even interested in turning around an underperforming district.»

«If thousands upon thousands of children are not learning to read, write, speak and compute, it is not because of overcrowded classrooms, the effects of poverty and social conditions, poorly developed educational programs and materials and inadequately trained teachers.

The owner and a couple of the other teachers had asked me a few times if I'd consider teaching, but I kept hemming and hawing because I do have a primary career, which is writing a novel every nine months.

I'm writing this article because although I am a coach, and a yoga teacher, I still have to remind myself daily that being the biggest person in my yoga class is okay.

I wanted to be a teacher just so I could write on the chalkboard and because I wanted to decorate a classroom.

She writes and tries to inspire teachers because she always found school boring.

I only wrote that, hope you don't mind, because I used to be a teacher and I remembered the rule to teach students... good times, maybe I will be a teacher again one day!

But include some colour, for example: «Mrs Jameson, my primary school English teacher because she inspired me to read and write and greatly encouraged my creativity, which ultimately lead me onto the career path I'm on today.»

Because teachers and students diligently prepare for SLCs in advance by reflecting on projects verbally and in writing, culling work that represents progress or challenges, and giving and receiving feedback, the investment from students can have a domino effect on family participation.

Many teachers shy away from adding more writing because they worry that more writing equals more responding to writing, but that doesn't have to be true.

Because schools are now advocating for writing in every course, the news guest journal is an opportunity for teachers to introduce course - related articles to their students while motivating them to write.

For example, Julio (Massachusetts) wrote, «Teachers care about cheating because its not fair [that] students get good grades [but] didn't follow the teacher's rules.»

In the spring, I spoke to the teacher about how much growth I saw in his writing skills because of the letter - writing homework.

«I'm a science teacher, and I'm best when I'm reviewing a task that isn't science, because I have so much pre-conceived knowledge... I know what the teacher's trying to write and I don't realise what's implied.

Eve Heaton, a fourth - grade teacher at Mossy Oaks Elementary School, in Beaufort, South Carolina, works lessons on coral reefs into other subjects, such as art and writing, because not all of her science standards fit within ocean studies.

Because Cho and someother school shooters may have foreshadowed their rampages increative writing assignments, English teachers in many schoolsare being asked to fulfill a new, often uncomfortable role: campussentinel.

After two days of writing out massive numbers of tickets, the teacher told Krugly that the students» behavior had not yet improved drastically, but she was feeling better because now she was stopping instruction to do something positive — reward kids who were not chatting.

She instructs teachers as well as parents to make sure children «never miss a day» of writing in their notebooks, because «if you allow kids to get off the hook once, they'll try to get off it all the time.»

But, the fact that I am a student helps because I can write about things that I would like or things that affect me that I would like to see teachers do.

Because online learning scales naturally, the good programs about which Cuban writes can theoretically serve millions of students and aid millions of teachers.

Because of this, teachers at my school carefully construct our literacy blocks to maximize the amount of time spent in shared reading and writing experiences throughout the day.

«I wrote it because I had so many questions from teachers.

A common outcome of that artificiality is that teachers feel disappointed in the quality of writing turned in because the students are capable of better results.

While the teachers» unions usually sue when we pass a large program, because the laws are well written, we usually win these cases for parents and kids.

The Singapore Math manuals were another problem: they provided very little guidance on how to teach a particular lesson — because they are written for teachers who, for the most part, have a deeper understanding of mathematics than most U.S. teachers do.

They haven't had to write down their assignments, for example, because they really have had elementary school (one teacher with a couple pull - outs, for example) mastered.

Almost every one of my classmates admits to never reading the books because they are so painfully boring to read... Also, unless the essays are written exactly how that teacher likes, you are almost always guaranteed a poor grade.

It might set less ambitious goals initially, because the inquiry has shown that teachers don't have strong enough knowledge and skills in the teaching of writing.

Teacher Patricia Allen has seen her students benefit from the word wall that has a prominent spot in her kindergarten classroom, but she sees an added benefit for herself as well: «In all honesty,» Allen told Education World, «I like the word wall because it offers a visual reminder to me to expose my students to words throughout the day, not just at writing time or other isolated occasions.»

That made sense because in 1995 there were not many teachers who knew how to write Web pages, had access to a scanner, and owned the hardware to complete the project.

I wrote the book because whenever I spoke to parents, teachers or new members of staff they were fascinated and wanted to know more — the book put these ideas in one place and is available to anyone.

Also on the plus side, these middle and high school teachers say teaching writing is easier now because collaborative online platforms allow them to work alongside students and enable students to collectively edit their work

Because so many teachers use some variation of writing workshop as the fundamental structure for their writing program, the attributes of an exemplary workshop are described in Specific Characteristics of a Strong Writers» Workshop.

That shows the line between «can» and «can't yet» and it literally plots the next step for each student so we found it incredibly useful and it was used by teachers because all they had to do was follow the student along their line, when the colour changed from green to white, they could check on that point, refer back to the NAPLAN writing guide and work out «what is the next focus for that student?»

Special education teachers should be patient with each student, because some may need the instruction given aloud, at a slower pace, or in writing.

I repeatedly found myself writing in the margins, «Wow,» either because of the heroic efforts by teachers and staffers or because of the obstacles facing their students....

Unfortunately, many teachers feel ill - equipped to handle these competing pressures, in part because they lack the prerequisite pedagogical knowledge, instructional capabilities, and valued resources for teaching writing, and in part because writing curricula, which exert a strong influence on teachers» writing instruction, tend to be underdeveloped and misaligned with other curricula (Troia & Maddox, 2004).

«I can tell you teachers are pleased,» he continued, «because of an overall improvement in students» writing, which they attribute partly to writing on the computer.»

This was written by a Kansas City teacher who prefers to remain anonymous because she fears retaliation.