Course Overview:

Sterling Middle School

1177 Pawnee Ave, Sterling, CO 80751 | (970) 522-1041

Community:
 Sterling, Colorado
 Small, rural town
 Population: 13,961

Teaching history:

School or Agency Dates Length of Experience Responsibilities

Thompson Valley January- May 2019 Twice a week for 4 Placed in Christi
High School hours each (In Goldberg’s 9th and
Progress) 11th grade English
course. Taught
lessons and helped
aid anyone who
needed extra
clarification. I also
spent time grading
students work.
AVID Tutor January- May 2019 16 hours (In Tutoring students at
progress) both Thompson
Valley high school as
well as Wellington
middle school.
During this time I
would help answer
questions that they
were struggling with
in there classes.
Boltz Middle School August- December Twice a week for four I was placed in Emily
2018 hours each Fullenkamp’s 6th
 grade Language arts
course. In this class I
taught lessons as
well as a helping
hand in the
classroom.
Wellington Middle January- May 2018 Once a week for four I was placed in
School hours multiple different
rooms so that I could
see a multitude of
different teaching
styles. During this
time I would observe
classrooms as well as
answer questions for
students who needed
a little extra help.

School enrollment:
 417 students

Demographics:
 White: 69.1%
 Hispanic or Latino: 25.2%
 African American: 1%
 Other: 5%

Language learners:
 There is an ESL program where about 2% of the students participate in.

Free and reduced lunch:

 Free: 41%
 Reduced: 12%

Dropout rate:
 21%

School schedule:
 Tuesday-Friday school week
 7:45-3:45 school day
 90-minute class periods
Course: Language Arts 6

This course will focus on studying forms of literature so that students will gain writing
skills from different types of mentor texts. These texts will include both classical and young
adult literature. Students will participate in individual writing and reading every day, quizzes,
tests, group work, and oral presentations. Throughout this course we will be exploring many
different topics and we will be going at a moderate pace to make sure that all of the skills are
really absorbed. I want my students to have a say in what they want to learn and what they
need to work on still so student feedback is something that I really look for.

Grade level:
 6th grade

Class size:
 About 16 students in a class

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

o Be able to find the authors tone and point of view

o Compare and contrast two different forms of literature
o Develop new writing skills
 Narrative, argumentative, and informative
o Draw conclusions from the texts
 Then support your conclusions through citations
o Discuss and present information