Drafting Exercise

BLOCK FORMAT

Role: To give students inspiration and self-confidence

Name of Teacher #1: Mr. Escalante

Teacher #2: Ms. Laughlin

Positive/ negative: both the teachers are positive examples

A. Characteristic 1 Mr. Escalante has: Strict but respected

                1. Strict late policy: when Angel came in late because of his grandmother

                2. Strict with Rules: Always made sure his students were in their seats and working, if his students didn’t have a seat, then he would find them a seat for the next day.

                3. By this he gains respect: By speaking in his student’s first language and also by involving himself in their lives.

B. Characteristic 2: Passion for Teaching

                1. Work after school: taught parents English after school, because of his strong dedication to teach it lead him to heartache.

                2. He took his students life experiences and the things they were interested in to bring they to participate in the class.

                3. Help outside of class: Worked during the summer to teach math, when it seemed to be a hundred degrees in his classroom.

C. Characteristic 3: High standards for Students 

1.       The late policy was a standard he had, if his students were late he would send them out of the classroom for that day, they were not welcomed back in. He also expected them to be successful

2.       Knows potential of individual: he believed in them, even though these students didn’t want to be at school at first, on the first day they didn’t even care to sit in a seat, he taught them to be so much more than what society thought they should be.

3.       Pushes students to that standard: he made them sign an information/ agreement slip

D. Characteristic 1 is Ms. Laughlin: Strict but respected

                1. If students were late to her class she would ask them to sit outside the door, then when she got a chance she would go outside and talk to them about it.

                2. Students were disrespectful she would “put them in their place.” She would do this busy using intelligent word that the student didn’t understand.

                3. She was also very kind about student’s home lives, if a student came into the classroom in tears, she would take them out to ask them what was wrong.

E. Characteristic 2: Passion for teaching

1. She will stay in during lunch to grade papers, if I wanted to come into her class to work on something during her lunch time, she’d let me.

2. If a student’s needs a paper proof read, she will proof read it, many times I have asked her to proof read my essays of assignments, and she will return them quickly.

3. If there is a problem with a student’s schedule, she will drop what she is doing to help them with it.

F. Characteristic 3: High standards for students

                1. Mark Davidson, she would push him to do work in her classroom, he never would work for any other teacher. In any other classroom but, he would do his work for Laughlin.

                2. She knew each person needed to do work on in class, their weakness

                3. She truly believed in her students, I never felt that I couldn’t do it in her class. She would tell us that if you don’t believe in yourself, you will always know that I believe in you, until you can believe in yourself.

Conclusion:

First Sentence: although they both teach very different subjects and they may use different examples when they teach Mr. Escalante and Ms. Laughlin are very similar.

They both show a love and passion for their students and their jobs. They are both very dedicated to their jobs, because of the passion that they have in their classroom and the interest they give into their students’ lives are the biggest reasons why Ms. Laughlin and Mr. Escalante and such good teachers.

Point by Point Format

Role: To give students inspiration and self-confidence

Name of Teacher #1: Mr. Escalante

Teacher #2: Ms. Laughlin

Positive/ negative: both the teachers are positive examples

A.      Characteristics of both: Strict but respected

1.       Late Policy: they will tell their students to leave if they are late.

2.       Strict with Rules: Always made sure his student were in their seats and working

B.      Passion for teaching:

1.       Ms. Laughlin truly believed in her students

2.       Mr. Escalante helped outside of class: Worked during the summer to teach math

C.      High standards for students:

1.       Ms. Laughlin knew what each person needed to work on in class their weakness. 

2.       Mr. Escalante made his students sign an information/ agreement slip, he also asked to work during the summer.

Conclusion:  First Sentence: although they both teach very different subjects and they may use different examples when they teach Mr. Escalante and Ms. Laughlin are very similar.

They both show a love and passion for their students and their jobs. They are both very dedicated to their jobs, because of the passion that they have in their classroom and the interest they give into their students’ lives are the biggest reasons why Ms. Laughlin and Mr. Escalante and such good teachers.

Organizational Format                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

            Introduction: How they are different:

1.      They both teach different subjects. One math and the other English.

2.      The environment they teach in. One teaches in a very poor area while the other teachers in an area that is very red neck.

A.      Characteristics of both: Strict but respected

3.       Late Policy: they will tell their students to leave if they are late.

4.       Strict with Rules: Always made sure his student were in their seats and working

B.      Passion for teaching:

3.       Ms. Laughlin truly believed in her students

4.       Mr. Escalante helped outside of class: Worked during the summer to teach math

C.      High standards for students:

3.       Ms. Laughlin knew what each person needed to work on in class their weakness. 

4.       Mr. Escalante made his students sign an information/ agreement slip; he also asked to work during the summer.

Conclusion: By staying after school, by involving themselves in their students’ lives, this is an example of how both show love and passion for their students and their jobs. They are both very dedicated to their jobs and they show interest in their students’ lives, this is the biggest reasons why Ms. Laughlin and Mr. Escalante and such good teachers.