Reflections
Arianna Senlouangrat
Corina Gastelum
Dulce Leon
Justice Davis
Selina Wennmacher
6-18-12
Reflection #2
The reading rules that we used with our mentees were applying word meaning strategies to maximize comprehension. We used this rule to teach the students’ new vocabulary words. Another reading rule that we all used were explaining topic, main idea, and supporting details. Last week, some of us taught our mentees how to make inferences based on pictures from their picture books. Some of the DC students were able to recognize and analyze different language devices. Since we had a short amount of time with each student, we applied skimming and scanning to our reading lessons. To make sure that our mentees were paying attention to the book we asked them questions and had them summarize what while we were reading. The last reading competency we used was the graphic organizer as our reading plan to teach our students. During our discussion, we were able to explain each competency to each other. We applied topic, main idea, and supporting detail strategy to a book that one person had with them. Everyone should have the word of the day so we didn’t really go over that much. The words that the member of our group are:
Name
Word
Justice
1.Prejudice: unreasonable dislike of an idea, or group of people
2. Momentous: very important
3. Segregated: Separated by race. Having separate schools, restaurants, and other facilities for each race
4. Distinct: different in nature from something else of a similar type
5. Application: A request for something, such as employment, an award, job, or loan
6. Enraged: made very angry, made furious
1. Plantation: An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
2. Overseer: A person who supervises others, esp. workers.3. Stallion: An uncastrated adult male horse
4. Slave breaker: someone who forces a slave to do the work they don't want to do.
5. Whipping post: A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment.
Corina Gastelum
Dulce Leon
Justice Davis
Selina Wennmacher
6-18-12
Reflection #2
The reading rules that we used with our mentees were applying word meaning strategies to maximize comprehension. We used this rule to teach the students’ new vocabulary words. Another reading rule that we all used were explaining topic, main idea, and supporting details. Last week, some of us taught our mentees how to make inferences based on pictures from their picture books. Some of the DC students were able to recognize and analyze different language devices. Since we had a short amount of time with each student, we applied skimming and scanning to our reading lessons. To make sure that our mentees were paying attention to the book we asked them questions and had them summarize what while we were reading. The last reading competency we used was the graphic organizer as our reading plan to teach our students. During our discussion, we were able to explain each competency to each other. We applied topic, main idea, and supporting detail strategy to a book that one person had with them. Everyone should have the word of the day so we didn’t really go over that much. The words that the member of our group are:
Name
Word
Justice
1.Prejudice: unreasonable dislike of an idea, or group of people
2. Momentous: very important
3. Segregated: Separated by race. Having separate schools, restaurants, and other facilities for each race
4. Distinct: different in nature from something else of a similar type
5. Application: A request for something, such as employment, an award, job, or loan
6. Enraged: made very angry, made furious
1. Plantation: An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.
2. Overseer: A person who supervises others, esp. workers.3. Stallion: An uncastrated adult male horse
4. Slave breaker: someone who forces a slave to do the work they don't want to do.
5. Whipping post: A post to which offenders were tied in order to be whipped as a public punishment.
- Corina
Bravo-(noun) a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of a great performance
Clumsy-(adj) lacking grace in movement or posture
Tepee-(noun) A native American tent
Bulging-(adj) curving outward
Canvas-(noun) a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
Compost-(noun) A mixture of decaying, organic matter, as from leaves and manure, used to improve soil structure and provide nutrients
Harvest- (verb) To gather a crop
Convent- (noun) A community, especially of nuns, bound by vows to a religious life under a superior
Bounty- (noun) Generosity in giving to others.
Dulce
Slump : To fall or sink heavily; collapse
Lurch: An Act or instance of swaying abruptly.
Balancing: equal distribution
Dexterous: skillful
Deft: clever
The hunter
Drought: Lack of water
Listen: to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; giving ear.
Snatched: to make a sudden effort to seize something hard, grab.
Desperately: reckless or dangerous.
Argue: to present reason against a thing: disagree.
Selina
Broke: Having completely run out of money
Dare: courage to do something
Show: a spectacle or display of something
Put: Move to or place in a particular position
Place: A particular position or point in a space
Glanced: take a brief or hurried look
Trackless: not leaving a trace
Comfortable: Providing physical ease and relaxation
Lost: unable to find ones way
Anna
Hovers- to hang fluttering or suspended in the air
Mourning- outward symbols of sorrow
Sacred- devoted or dedicated to a religious purpose
Sorrow- distress cause by a loss
Tradition- handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs
Influences: an effect of one person or thing to another
Custom: a usual practice
Accusation: a charge of wrong doing
Grudge: a long term anger towards someone
Encourage: to inspire or stimulate
And then we finished our reflection.