Chapter 10: Going Beyond the Classroom

"Do regular class work outside of school." (pg.176)
I love this idea, I completely support doing classwork outside of the four classroom walls. The book basically explains how students can learn so much from connecting the lessons with outside sources and activities. In the book, science is a main example for classes to take outside, but with English being my concentration, I definitely plan on finding ways to bring the students to a different setting. During my first couple weeks of practicum experience, my mentor teacher brought the kids outside for descriptive writing. They immediately fell into it and did not want to return! The writing came out awesome, and they got to exercise the application of descriptive writing. It helped the students use all the senses rather than just their imaginations. I think this activity is really effective, and necessary in high school. Students need to get out of school sometimes. Using learning to help them escape is an amazing idea.