Michaela+Quigley

= Michaela Quigley = = Period 2A - Virok Peer Tutor = = French II =

Week One: August 30- September 2 Week Two: September 5- September 9 Week Three: September 12- September 16 Week Four: September 19-September 23 Week Five: September 26- September30 Week Six: October 3- October 7 Week Seven: October 11-14 Week Eight: October 17-21 Week Nine: Ocober 24- 28 Week Ten: October 31- November 4 Week Eleven: November 7-11 Week Twelve: November 14-18
 * I was in Advanced earth System Sciences the first week of school, during this time I was working on switching my class to Peer Tutor
 * I wrote down the seating chart for the class.
 * Madame showed me how to take attendance for the class.
 * I passed out text books to the students, wrote down their book number, and the condition that their book was in.
 * The students began a brief review of what they learned last year in French I.
 * I created visual aids, flash cards, which were to be used for a review game.
 * I helped Madame review with the students the content they learned last year.
 * I noticed that the students are not sure if they should trust what I say is right or not, they always direct questions to Madame rather than ask me as well.
 * Students played a verb game on the board to review verbs.
 * Students took a quiz that covered the material they had been reviewing for the past week.
 * I graded the quiz that the students took, making corrections to the answers that got wrong.
 * This week the students learned how to ask questions and the different forms of how one can ask a question in the french language.
 * To help the students remember the question words( qu'est-ce que, comment, porquoi ,a quelle heure, qui, quand,ou) I taught them a trick to sing the words to the tune of "The Mexican Hat Dance."
 * I helped students with a worksheet they were confused about.
 * The students learned how to ask a question using inversion.
 * The students had trouble understanding this topic, so several days were spent taking notes and doing practice worksheets.
 * I helped students who needed a little bit more explanation on how to form these question sentences.
 * I was on a college visit at Washington College one of the days this week, so I was not in class to peer tutor.
 * Students prepared for a conversation that they would have in front of the class in french.
 * I observed the students conversation they had in front of the class. They received a speaking grade for this assignment based on the content of what they said.
 * I graded homework papers for completeness.
 * I helped students who were having trouble studying...They asked me how I used to study in French II, and I told them that making flashcards always helped me
 * I was re-taking my Science PSSA's
 * I cut out things Madame had previously laminated.
 * These laminations were vocab words that were color coded based on the unit
 * I wrote more flash cards which were to be laminated
 * I took down the bulletin board for October, and then I put November's calender and the birthday's of the month on the bulletin board.
 * I organized the class' review flash cards for Madame
 * I graded a quiz that the class took.
 * SECOND MARKING PERIOD BEGINS THIS WEEK
 * Madame was disappointed by the class' grades, so she lectured them about their lack of study habits
 * Several students asked for study tips.
 * I told them to make flash cards, and review not just the current unit's words but previous units' words as well. Being able to have a strong grasp on vocabulary is the key to success when learning a new language. I also told the students to make a verb sheet of all the different ways to conjugate verbs because it would help them on their weekly verb quizzes.
 * The students started to learn new adjectives and were slightly confused, so I answered some of their questions
 * The career fair was Thursday, I was not in class because I was asked by Ms. Williams to escort the guest speakers.
 * Teacher Academy Presentation: November 14th I had to go to the Auditorium to speak to Juniors who are interested in Teacher Academy.

Week Thirteen: November 21-22 Week Fourteen: November 29- December 2 Week Fifteen:December 5-9 Week sixteen: December 12-16 Week Seventeen: December 19-23 January: February: March: April: May:
 * The students did a worksheet, and I walked around to answer any questions they had
 * I took down the bulletin board for November. I placed December's calendar on the wall including the student's birthdays.
 * I did tons of copying this week.
 * This week Madame let me go work with Ms. Webber during second period. As Region 9 President of FBLA, I had a lot of tasks to complete in order to be ready for our conference on Thursday.
 * This week I learned how to make copies that are double sided, whole punched, and stapled.
 * I wrote out flash cards that the class will use after winter break.
 * This week I noticed that the students were not interested in learning.
 * I cut out the flash cards that I made last week, they were laminated.
 * I changed the calendar from December to January.
 * I took down the Christmas decorations from the board, and replaced them with snowflakes.
 * I made more flash cards and cut them out, once they were laminated.
 * I made more copies for Madame.
 * I hung up posters around the room.
 * I checked homework several times, grading it for completeness.
 * I graded several verb quizzes.
 * I changed the bulletin board from January to February.
 * I graded papers, answered several questions the students had, assisted Madame in organizing things for Cultural Kaleidoscope, and did lots of copying.
 * This month everything was about the Cultural Kaleidoscope. I assisted Madame in organizing all of the projects. When things got crazy, I provided her with some sanity and a pair of helping hands.
 * I organized the shoes that were brought in for the shoe-drive the French Honors Society was sponsoring.
 * This month I did a lot of organizing for Madame. I placed an original copy of each of her lesson plans in a protective plastic sheet and placed it in a binder. Each level of french had a binder. The binders were organized by unit.
 * I made tons of flash cards, for each of the level of French. They mainly were the different verbs and verb tenses.
 * The students are beginning to not want to apply themselves as much now that the weather is nice. I have learned from Madame that you must be creative in order to keep the students interested in your subject matter throughout the entire year.
 * As the year winds down I have been reflected on my experiences and I am truly glad that I peer tutored. I have learned how much hard work teachers do in order to prepare a lesson, how things do not always go according to plan, and how to handle students with poor behavior.