Reflection – Claire Nastari

I believe that I have learned a lot in this class because of the feel of the class. I would look forward to gong to class because we got to talk about fairy tales and what underlying meaning they have. It was interesting to me when we dove deeper into them and looks at gender roles in specific fairy tales and what they are teaching kids these days. I thought all the activities were interactive and able to get me thinking. I especially enjoyed the blog we did for bluebeard which I wrote, “This story has no beards or keys, Nor tales of eggs if you please. But, this story involves a ring, Of course not with diamonds ‘cuz thats too much bling.”

The gallery walks were very cool to observe and participate in. I feel like my group and I could have come up with something more interactive and something that captured the audience’s attention more than it did. I feel like this from looking at other groups work, which was either some type of board game or interactive gallery.

I also really enjoyed how Kim gave us little tips for teaching here and there. The poetry video was really cool with the older man who taught his elementary school students Shakespeare. I will walk away from this class with tons and tons of resources for teaching english and I am very glad we read a variety of novels.