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 It's taken me a few days of back and forth to settle on what I'd like to inquire about for my blog topic. After much consideration, I've decided that I'd like to explore the idea of using film as a medium for students to learn how to analyze certain themes and issues critically. Oftentimes, classes like film analysis are not available to high school students, especially in high schools that are underfunded and overcrowded. However, I think that a class that uses film as a means for literary analysis would be beneficial for engaging the students who might not be as interested in reading. It could also help with engaging students who are not as strong in their reading. There are many ways to go about teaching a film analysis/literature class, but I have never taken a film class that doubled as an English class, so I'm not sure exactly how they are structured. For what I do know: I know that it would be an English class offered to upperclassmen because it would proba...

 hello! my name is katie lavris, and welcome to my blog! i used this blog for a class with candance last semester, hence the "2.0" in the title. my professional goals are not extremely detailed, but i would like to become a high school english teacher. the goal is to also help out with the drama club, speech team, and film club if the school i'm at has those already. if not, it would be super fun to start those! those are the things that really helped me push through high school, and i think that i could really help current students by giving them those outlets for their creativity. i recently found out that the school i'm student teaching at doesn't have a drama program at all, and i'm interested in seeing what i can do as a student teacher to change that!  i've attached a link that goes over the benefits of having drama clubs in schools! https://www.nfhs.org/articles/students-gain-many-benefits-from-involvement-in-theatre/

 ignore my blog past. new semester, new me :)

Rankings of my blog posts: Professionalism :  While I wouldn't call any of my blog posts "professional," I will say that there is one that comes across as less unprofessional ...  ...and the award for that goes to..... *drumroll* BLOG POST NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! (who better to represent professionalism than the queen b??) Creativity : a complete no-brainer... the true winner for this one is none other than.................... BLOG POST NUMBER THREE!!!!!!!!!!       (what's your favorite idea??) Civic Engagement :  hmmmm.... I would have to consult with the Academy.... ....consulting..... THE RESULTS ARE IN: BLOG POST NUMBER FIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                                      (you are a beautiful, talented, brilli...

  For this project, I ended up making a zine. I was originally going to make a movie trailer, but I have no video editing skills whatsoever, so it was a bit difficult to start. I thought a zine would be great for this book because there are a lot of visuals you get while reading. There was also a lot of color symbolism throughout the book, so I figured I could play into that a little bit. I’ve never made a zine that was picture based before, so it was pretty challenging because I am not gifted artistically. This was a really fun project, though, and I’m glad I got to try something different. I enjoyed mentally channeling my middle school self to make this art project!!

 Writing coaching has been somewhat difficult for me. It's hard to give feedback to students whom I have never met, and haven't told me much about themselves through email. I think that it's important to know who you are coaching so that you understand what they might need more/less help with. I haven't had a ton of success with students replying to me or sending me their work. Although this is a little frustrating because it will help me once I become a teacher, I completely understand. It's an extra task for these students, and I remember what it was like being in high school. I probably wouldn't have sent something I wrote to a college student either. I think it's important to be understanding, above all else. I think that, going back to an older reading, they need to understand that it's perfectly okay to not have something written perfectly at first. Bad writing only paves the way for improvement! I think that the stress of writing "badly"...

 1. sit down 2. open tiktok, twitter, instagram... no! back to writing! 3. kinda hungry... make food. 4. okay, writing starts NOW. 5. open tiktok, twitter, intstagram... 6. oh my god it's due in two hours! 7. write anything and everything you can to get to word count as coherently as possible. 8. submit. 9. why didn't i do well?! 10. repeat process. ...I'm kidding! ...kind of. I love writing for fun. However, writing is not always something that is used for fun. Most often, I would say, it's not. Writing is academic and isolated, at least while you're in college, it is. I think that the main thing I struggle with in writing is the overwhelming feeling of "this has to be perfect." So much so, I go to extreme lengths to avoid it. This is why I loved the Spandel reading this week. "The Right to Write Badly" is honestly something that everyone should read. Often, people struggle with "writer's block" or the paralyzing fear of writing it...