I was very excited for our class trip to Shaker Heights High School. I would like to teach AYA when I graduate college, so I was anxious to see the classrooms. I was placed in Mr. Babinec (an English teacher) and in Mr. Kelly (a history teacher), both John Carroll graduates.
Mr. Babinec's classroom was such a fun environment. He really engaged with his freshmen students; he talked about topics they could relate to. For example, he used a Lil Wayne lyric to deceive what an alteration was. However, the main lesson focused on Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, specifically the prologue. Mr. Babinec began by reading the prologue to the class. While he did that, he asked the students to annotate. He wanted them to write anything that came to their minds; for example, if they did not understand any words or phrases, or if they found something noteworthy or interesting. Mr. Babinec was very humorous; you could tell the students found him extremely funny and witty. His humor made the classroom atmosphere less uptight, and let the students be comfortable.
The second classroom I observed was Mr. Kelly. His lesson was on the Emergence of Child Labor. Mr. Kelly was also very comical and sarcastic. He related certain parts of the lesson to real world instances. For example, he spoke about how pictures from the 1800s era reminded him of his hometown Youngstown. His classroom was similar to Mr. Babinec's, in the way that it was very laid back and enjoyable to be in.
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