Rasha's World

Classroom management and teacher knowledge are the most important aspects of successful teaching. You can't successfully teach your students if you aren't controlling your classroom. Students must understand what you are explaining, pay attention and engage. You can make a joke when you feel that students are bored, make them laugh, and let them speak. After that, you can continue the lesson. If class control is lost, then you will lose everything in the class. If we teach students in a variety of methods and we bring real life examples to the class, then students are likely less to cause any trouble. Each students has his  way of thinking and understanding, so they need to feel comfort and that you're teaching everyone alone. Teachers must always feel ready to answer any question from the students. This will help the teachers feel that they're helping the students build their futures, so that we feel we're more responsible. The students we're teaching, maybe ...

The New Art and Science of Teaching On April 13, I attended a webinar titled "The New Art and Science of Teaching". It was presented by Robert J. Marzano. He talked about the categories of instruction, how to design questions, and how to develop expertise. If we apply effective application of instructions and strategies, it will have and effect on the students and it will enhance them. The 10 big categories of instruction: providing clear learning goals, assessment, direct instruction lessons, practicing and deepening lessons, knowledge application lessons, strategies for all types of lessons, engagement, rules and procedures, relationships, and high expectations. Students must understand the progression, know the important content, so they can deepen their understanding and develop fluency. After that, the students generate claims and integrate new knowledge with the old one. Students need to feel welcomed and comfort in order to engage, pay attention, an...

The pictures speak!!!! Litani River  Litani River  "Switzerland of the East"!! Lebanon: the country located in the Middle east, Beirut is its capital. It has been suffering from pollution for a long time. Different kinds of pollution has occupied it: water pollution, soil pollution, air pollution, and noise pollution. It is the greatest disaster for Lebanon caused by people and the country itself. People throw garbage everywhere either near sea, rivers, or lakes, and in the public places. Farmers also are a reason for pollution, they water their lands and plants with sewage water. The sewage water floats when it rains. This doesn't only cause pollution but it is causing a lot of harmful diseases.  Roads are always crowded because they lack regulations.  Factories and cars are causing the air pollution.  If you look at the pictures of the Litani river, you will see the pollution rate that is increasing day by day. The smell of t...

Teaching writing is an extraordinary class that I always enjoy in the class. The first step I teach my students to do while writing is the mechanic process. The second step is writing grammatically, in which sentences and paragraphs are formed. The last stage is writing composition for communicative purposes. I always teach my students to focus on unity and to relate the supporting details related to the topic sentence. If any sentence or paragraph does not relate to the topic sentence, it should be omitted. Students must keep in mind coherence in which the sentences are arranged logically, conjunction, and discourse markers. Also, they take in consideration vocabulary and idioms. Students and I always enjoy this class because it is the most interactive class. We feel the class is crowded because all of the students want to share their ideas and ask questions. In addition, students will work in pairs or groups and share their ideas, so their relationship will be improved during ...