Teacher evaluations by students

These are the responses my literature students gave anonymously on the teacher evaluation surveys the school administered. I'm proud of them because I think they show my students feel they are learning in a creative, meaningful, fair, and fun environment.  Literature 9 E Full Text, Literature 9 G Full Text. Some highlights:

 

What has been the most interesting/provocative experience with Literature or Writing this year?

• "I learned to love literature. I'm mostly a math and science person but I've learned to enjoy the hidden meanings within literature."

• "One thing that I found really interesting this year was a website that we all made on wix. We did it to portray information on how we could survive in the wild, and trying to make the website look classy and artistic was really fun for me."

• "The use of technology is incredible in this class. We use every form of it, more than in anyy other class."

• "The most interesting experience in this class has been analyzing all the text and writing CEE paragraphs. I really enjoy deep, close reading."

• "I think the most interesting in this class was when we made projects and had our own individual time to work on it and make it however we wanted to."

 

Describe the level of challenge you have experienced in this course.

• "The level of challenge in this class has been perfect. It teaches me a lot, but at the same time, I am challenged, and you learn a lot when you are being challenged."

• "It s a reasonable level of challenge. The material forces you to make inferences and think deeper and make connections to other things. (Like Penelope's entrance) I would have never seen those hints if it wasn't for this class."

 

Explain whether you feel the amount of homework assigned on average for this course is reasonable and meaningful.

• "It is reasonable, and what we do in class reinforces our homework, so it is meaningful."

• "I feel it is reasonable because it is always on topic and I never feel that I am being overwhelmed or stressed out because of the amount of homework in this class."

 

What are the best things about this class?

• "I just love the analysis and meanings in the books we read or things we learn."

• "I really like the oddesy and the bible. In addition I like Mr. Morrill's lectures (I don't really know what to call it; class discussions maybe) and the website work."

• "It is very interesting and the class is relaxing"

• "The best thing about this class is that Mr. Morrill has a good sense of humor."

• "The best things about this class are our in class discussions and going over the notes we take at home to make sure that we understood what we read."

• "Mr. Morrill is a fun teacher that has really fun "big" projects (Wix, Google sites) and it's fun to post and read stuff on Google plus."

• "Creative projects; Mr. Morrill"

• "The environment because I feel very calm when in the classroom"

• "How the teacher has a sense of humor and engages the class."

 

List and explain which of the following methods/resources (papers, tests and quizzes, videos and other multimedia, lectures, discussions, group projects) you feel are valuable in helping you to learn the material.

• "The videos help me understand certain things. I also thing the group project are useful because you can learn new perspectives from other people. The discussions also give you new insight and new perspectives. I also like how we use a lot of technology. It keeps everything more organized and lighter."

• "I feel that group projects and projects on our technology help me the most. They are fun sometimes and that helps me learn a lot more."

• "Definitely the "big projects" are REALLY awesome. It's a wicked way to 'spice' up the class every now and then."  

 

How has this class contributed to your becoming- a Well-rounded individual? an Insightful and critical thinker? a Self-motivated individual? a Clear communicator? a Respectful individual of character?

• "In this class Mr. Morrill is very strict about playing games or being distracted during class. This has helped us become more respectful."

• "I've learned a lot more about how to think through things and think more about the deeper meaning of things a rather than the face value."

• "This class has helped because everyone gets to say there opinion."

• "Well-rounded by the new ways the teacher is teaching. He uses the iPads and the softwares A LOT more than all the other teachers. I look forward to the class sometimes because we always do a cooler project than the others. Self motivated and insightful by encouraging us to make connections in the reading."

• "It has made me communicate more clearly with my analysis of literature pieces. It makes me well rounded by focusing on many different areas as well such as creating websites. It has made me critically think by making me analyze stuff."

• "Mr Morrill emphasises good behavior when on the iPads and when to focus and when you can be a little more relaxed which is always good"