- Friday afternoon
Friday afternoon - CS session 3
Lots of group work. Lots of posters. - CS session 2
All the teachers now in class. During the morning when we're not teaching and all afternoon, we teachers become students again. Usually pretty bad ones. There's this decompressing period after you walk out of the classroom during which we are, for all intents and purposes, 13 years old ourselves. - CS session
Again. - Markham Middle School
Markham Middle School - Le
Le, one of the members of my 12-person CMA group (don't even try keeping all the groups straight). She's eating lunch during one of our "synthesis sessions" that take place when teaching ends every day. - Ariel CMA
Ariel, our CMA (corps member adviser). She's just completed her two-year TFA commitment teaching English in LA, and she plans to keep teaching. - teachers lounge
In a few moments of spare time, we relax in the teachers' lounge. - Class group
Ms. Carter's lit group - Class
Class - Esmeralda and Janet 2
Esmeralda and Janet 2 - Esmeralda and Janet
Esmeralda and Janet (who does not want her picture taken) - Ms Williams lit group
Ms. Williams lit group - Ms Carter in action
Ms. Carter in action - Michael 2
Michael - Arielle and Esmeralda
Arielle and Esmeralda - Yazmin and Michael
Yazmin and Michael - Arlister
Arlister - ms momeny s lit group
ms. momeny's lit group - nutrition break 2
nutrition break 2 - nutrition break
Enter the students. This is actually from the midmorning break, ironically called "nutrition." But the only thing I've ever seen the kids eat is hot and spicy cheetos. - Anthony
Anthony - Arielle
Arielle - Lorena
Lorena - Willie
And now, our students. This is Willie. - Camille prepares
Camille, one of our collaborative, gets ready before her full day of teaching. - posters front of room
The front corner of class, with more posters. - posters paragraph
Back wall of our classroom, featuring some posters I made on parts of a paragraph. - hallway
The "hallway" at Markham. The campus is all open to the air. Teachers straggle in. - bus 7am
On the bus, 7 am, bound for Markham Middle School.