Polishing Brass

1. EMPATHY

1.1. OLD SCHOOL PEN PAL WRITING

2. JACOBY

2.1. PROBLEM STUDENT WHO MADE BAD CHOICES

2.2. CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION TO HELP MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TRANSITION INTO HIGH SCHOOL BY WRITING LETTER AND BECOMING PEN PALS

3. RAFAEL

3.1. AUDITORY LEARNER

3.1.1. TUFF TIME WRITING

3.2. ASKED FOR HELP, WHEN HE RECIEVED HELP HE WOULD CORRECT THE TEACHER AS SHE WAS SPEAKING

4. JORDAN

4.1. WROTE 2 LETTERS FOR A PEN PAL

4.2. USE FIRST LETTER AS A MODEL

4.3. LEARNED THAT USING A MODEL HELP TO GUIDE HER

5. CONCLUSION

5.1. TEACHER CANNOT TEACH EVERYTHING

5.2. TEACHER WILL INITIATE THE TEACHING AND STUDENTS WILL GET IT GOING THEMSELVES.

6. UNWRAP THE GIFT THAT LIES WITHIN THE CHILDREN

6.1. CHALLAGE STUDENTS

6.2. HAVE COURAGE TO ASK QUESTIONS

6.2.1. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?

7. GRANT OFFERED

7.1. PARTNERED WITH A FELLOW TEACHER

7.2. STUDENTS WRITE LETTER THE TRADITIONAL WAY

7.3. HELPS CREATE EMPATHY

7.4. MAKE SURE CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE BY PROOF READING