Ivette M.
- Tallahassee, FL 32311 ( 38.6 mi )
- Testing Strategies Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 07/2008
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $37.00 to $50.00 /hr
- Also Tutors: Florida Writes, FCAT
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During my ten-week internship at the middle school, I had five classes of sixth grade advanced reading students. Since each class was about 20 students, I had about 100 students in total. The middle school has about 908 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. Of those students, 58% are white, 24% are black, 8% are Hispanic, 4% are Asian, and 6% are multiracial. There are 49 teachers and three administrators in the west Gainesville middle school. Thirty-nine percent of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Teaching Goals and Focus Lessons:
The goals for the class included addressing the different elements of reading. For my nine weeks of teaching, I addressed the following:
Characterization
Conflict
Main Idea
Theme
UNRAAVEL
12 Powerful Words
Setting
Pre-Reading
Through these elements, the students will learn techniques to becoming active readers and independently i ... read more