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A great source on ideas for classroom management of 9th graders
I like using a flip chart. I planned on four pages per
lesson. The first page was an outline for the day with three main points.
Each of the remaining three pages emphasized a point.
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Outline (for first day):
*Goal for the year: To develop "Well-formed" consciences
*Ground rules
*A little bit about ourselves
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Goals for the year: (These
were my goals for 9th graders. You will have your own)
*To develop "Well-formed" consciences
*Know our strengths and weaknesses
*...lead us not into temptation.
*Get a firm grasp of what is a "sin"
*Get beyond a "list" or "Thou shall not..."
based morality
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Ground rules:
*Class starts at 10:10. Class ends at 11:25. I like
to play music while waiting for class to start. You are invited to bring
music to share with the class as long as it is not trashy.
*I like to take a 10 minute donut and coffee break
about mid-way. We will take it if we are running ahead of schedule. We
will not take it if we are running behind or if people have been goofing-off
or if there has been poor participation. (Note to teacher: There
is one of you. There might be as many as 35 of them. Give them a reason
to become "invested" in using peer pressure toward a positive
end. 6th-through-10th graders are very vulnerable to peer pressure.)
*The first person who reads (a volunteer) gets to choose
the radio station or CD we listen to at break. Each person who reads gets
to "vounteer" the next reader. I reserve the right to maintain "balance"
in who reads. (Note to teacher: The power of "assigning"
the task of reading the next passage is the reward they get for reading.
Do not let them pick on students with reading difficulties or with who
cannot speak due to massive amounts of orthodontia.)
*At the end of the class I will ask the class to tell
me three things that you learned. You are not dismissed until I get three
good answers.
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A little bit about ourselves:
*Name.
*School attended.
*Activities engaged in. (Note to teacher:
Make notes on your attendance sheet for memory jogs. Examples, Megan plays
basketball, Ryan is in band, Susie rides horses. That will help you remember
their names. Also, call roll. You will be surprised at how quickly you
learn the names. I passed a sign-in sheet the first year I taught. Bad
move on my part. I did not learn their names very quickly)
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