1. Write your name (first and last) on the blank side of the index card in bold marker.

2. On the back, answer a few questions:• “I am passionate about…”• “After high school, I think I might like to…”

MisterThompson I am passionate about soccer, reading, writing,

teaching, spending time with my family, restoring old Volkswagens, and Boise State football.

After high school, I think I might like to start a band, work at a radio station, take some college classes, open a recording studio and, eventually, become a high school English teacher!

NOW THAT I KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT YOU…What do we have in common?

• Soccer!• Working on cars (old

VWs, specifically)• Didn’t like high

school English classes (or most others, for that matter!)

• Songwriter/Guitar player

• High school band• Reading• Writing (mostly fiction

& poetry)

• Watching college football (Go Broncos!)

• Was afraid I wouldn’t graduate high school

• Cycling (doing it… and watching it!)

• Beach Bum (walking, reading, relaxing, re-centering)

Who didI miss?

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING TODAY? Who are we? How will our class be different with

Mr. Thompson? 3 days per week until Spring Break,

every day after that! My three ideologies (what I think is

most important) in the classroom Introduced by a William Stafford poem

“You Reading This, Be Ready” by William Stafford

Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent of old wood hovers, what softenedsound from outside fills the air?

Will you ever bring a better gift for the worldthan the breathing respect that you carrywherever you go right now? Are you waitingfor time to show you some better thoughts?

When you turn around, starting here, lift thisnew glimpse that you found; carry into eveningall that you want from this day. This interval you spentreading or hearing this, keep it for life –

What can anyone give you greater than now,starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?

“You Reading This, Be Ready” by William Stafford

Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent of old wood hovers, what softenedsound from outside fills the air? Will you ever bring a better gift for the worldthan the breathing respect that you carrywherever you go right now? Are you waitingfor time to show you some better thoughts? When you turn around, starting here, lift thisnew glimpse that you found; carry into eveningall that you want from this day. This interval you spentreading or hearing this, keep it for life – What can anyone give you greater than now,starting here, right in this room, when you turn around?

Respect

Authenticity

Metacognition

AuthenticityHow can the classroom be authentic (real)? • My goal: Everything in

class relates to real life there is no busy work.• “Why do we have to do

this?”• Authentic discussions

and readings• Writing to real audiences

for real purposes• Authentic assessments• Involves everyone

“When you turn around, starting here, lift this / new glimpse that

you found; carry into evening / all that you want from this day. This interval you spent / reading or hearing this, keep it for life –”

“Education is not a preparation for life;

education is life itself.” (John Dewey)

MetacognitionWhat is it?It is “thinking about thinking.”

(Who feels like drawing?)

It is thinking about:

• What we think• Why we think the way

we do• How others think• Why they think the way

they do

“Starting here, what do you want to remember? / How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? /

What scent of old wood hovers, what softened / sound from outside

fills the air?”

"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their

prejudices." (William James)

RespectWhat does respect look like?Teacher’s respect for students?

Student’s respect for teacher?

Students’ respect for each other?

Students’ respect for themselves?

“Will you ever bring a better gift for the world / than the

breathing respect that you carry / wherever you go right now?”

"Men are respectable only as they

respect" - Ralph Waldo

Emerson

SELF-REFLECTIONOne a scale of 1-5, how well do you understand Mr. Thompson’s expectations about respect in the classroom?1 – I don’t get it at all3 – I’m pretty sure I’ve got it5 – I know it so well, I could teach a class on it!

SELF-REFLECTIONOne a scale of 1-5, how well do you understand the idea of metacognition (thinking about thinking)?1 – I don’t get it at all3 – I’m pretty sure I’ve got it5 – I know it so well, I could teach a class on it!

SELF-REFLECTIONOne a scale of 1-5, how well do you understand what Mr. Thompson means by authenticity in the classroom?1 – I don’t get it at all3 – I’m pretty sure I’ve got it5 – I know it so well, I could teach a class on it!

A QUICK REVIEWWhich choice best represents the three goals of Mr. Thompson’s teaching?

1. Interrupting someone is okay if you have something better to say, classroom writing should always be directed to the teacher, and the textbook is the best source of information.

2. Students must always be silent during class, getting good grades is the most important thing, and students must adopt the teacher’s opinions.

3. The teacher views the students as young adults, relates instruction to the real world as much as possible, and challenges students to examine their beliefs about themselves.

JOURNAL PROMPT:In the time we have left, open your journals and write about…

“A time I felt respected was when…” What happened? How did it make you feel?

“A time I felt disrespected was when…”What happened? How did it make you feel? How did you respond to the situation?