My final week in the field went well. I taught a lesson every day from my memoir unit, which was a great learning experience and has helped me develop my unit even further. Sadly, my students didn’t have enough time to finish their memoirs before I left; we were still conferencing/ peer reviewing their rough drafts on Friday. Thankfully, Mrs. B said she would send me some of their finished drafts when they are turned in next week so I will be able to see how they turn out!

I got to teach several gifted seminar classes this week. In one, I showed a TED talk by Daniel Pink about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, which led to a very interesting discussion about whether or not my students thought that extrinsic motivators (like grades) crush creativity. I also taught my usual short film classes, which went pretty well. My favorite was the day I showed “French Roast”, a 2008 Oscar-nominated film short. I recommend watching it, if you haven’t seen it already. It would make for an awesome mentor text; in my class, it led to a great discussion about morals and the power of forgiveness.

I hope everyone else's experiences went well!