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Meagan Blanchette Zenion March 30th 2012

The discoveries of a writing intern: It’s All About The Accessories!

This week has been memorable. The students make the classroom. Each class their personalities blossom and paint a clearer picture of who they truly are. This week assignment three was due and we had a visitor who evidently stayed longer than expected. On Monday the students worked together to polish their position papers. They stated their thesis and how their arguments were ranked and how they planned to creatively integrate them into the text. The students fell apart. It was a Monday morning. Ms. Zenion pulled the students back by sharing an article that was a published position paper. The article was about Kony 2012. The topic sparked a debate. The class came to a close. As the students entered the room they were greeted with a fabulous note on the board. “Assignment Three Due. è Write Post write è Assemble Assignment 3 è Pass in with Post write on top, final copy, peer edit copy, and rubric.” The students wrote the post write and passed it in. While there was some downtime, I was organizing my portfolio. All of a sudden I hear “Hey Meagan, do you like my boots?” When I look up I see a student posing with one boot on. Ms. Zenion turns to me, shakes her head and said “that is a teacher situation that happens often.” I was thrilled. After all of their papers were collected the students assembled into groups. They flipped through magazines. Thier main goal was to find one article that utilized graphs and charts. As a group they has to think about why that photo was used, why it was that size, and what message did the visual help convey. Each group prepared an informal presentation on the relationship of written text to the graphic. That took the entire class period. Wrt. 104 meets period five and is considered a college level course. Which means credits are involved. This course that Ms. Zenion teaches is one hundred and ninety dollars for three credits. A wonderful man named Mr. Jolicuer met with us on Friday. He entered room 117 with an interesting hat and a leather coat. The students meant no disrespect when a few giggles slipped out. It was just not a normal getup they see every day. Mr. Jolicuer conducted the filling out of paper work and collected everyone check for one hundred and ninety dollars. His dry humor is one of a kind. Just when he was about to wrap up his “you’re not ready for college shpeal” Ms. Hobin’s voice came through the loud speaker. He announced a hold of passing drill. Mr. Jolicuer looked scared and asked if he should be. The students utilized the rest of the class period to plan revision strategies. I have learned that my mentor is a great role model. She makes sacrifices and commits to correct around thirty position papers in one night. I have also noticed my role in the classroom is becoming more prominent. This week was quite interesting.