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ICSV Classes in Action - 11th Grade American Lit

Here are some pictures from my 11th grade American Literature class. In the pictures below, the students are moving through an introduction to the Scarlet Letter.

This is my second year teaching this group of students...although sometimes I wonder what I was thinking when I agreed to teach them again :)...I have found that I really enjoy teaching this group for a second straight year.

We are working together to strengthen their skills as students...and young people. We make sure to start our class off with prayer every session and we have all seen how God uses that prayer time to change our attitudes and focus!

I am sure many of you "old-school" teachers will cringe when you look at some of these pictures, but as I work with these students I am finding that many of them are responding much better when we move out of the "sitting in rows at desks" mentality. Sure, there are times when that approach is necessary...but I have been trying to be flexible in how I work with these students! How blessed I am to be at a school, with manageable classroom sizes, that allows me to do these things!





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