Attached is a Case Study on students that I worked with at Esquimalt High

I thought that I would attach a paper that I researched and wrote about teaching ELL students in the modern English Language Arts classroom.

Today in class we had a workshop on coding. I had never done any coding before. We were introduced to four different coding resources:

1.Scratch 

Scratch is a way to make stories with blocks. It is very basic coding and meant for younger audiences. However, it is very good for learning how to code. It has a teacher’s workbook that is helpful for creating lesson plans. The pros of scratch are that it is easy to use, has cute animals, and is good for storytelling. The cons of scratch are that it is really surface level coding. Other than teaching basic computer skills

2. Grasshopper 

Grasshopper is another coding platform that is used through google. It uses much more text but again a very basic intro for learners that have little experience with coding. Personally, Grasshopper might be where I would start with students in a classroom. I find when using it briefly, it was great to

3. The Hour of Code

“The Hour of Code” is a place where teachers can find lesson plans on coding. It is a great platform because you can filter by grade for who you are teaching. I looked into a Minecraft coding lesson. It looked a lot like how scratch works. You move a little Minecraft character around and walking. This would be great for appealing to students who play a lot of minecraft.

4. Code BC

Code BC is a web-based coding program that is directly related to B.C’s curriculum. This is the only one that

Overall, these are four great resources for coding. My only worry is that I can see how coding can definitely not be in everyone’s interest. I believe there would be some students who would excel and be really excited by coding as a platform. Personally, I probably would not be the best teacher of coding as it is all very new for me. However, these four platforms are great places to start. Coding is easily relatable to the storytelling through English and Theatre classes.

PS. all of these photos are from unsplash and do not actually look like the coding programs we were using.

Julie invited me over to make a Carrot cake with Caitie. Baking with friends was so much fun and Julie definitely helped by giving us lots of tips.

We candied pecans and boy were they delicious! Again this was another time that helped me see the joys of baking. Not only do you get to be satisfied with a delicious final product, but you also can bake with friends and have a lot of fun!

Look at that final product! Julie definitely knows how to decorate! Something I am working on and hopefully, we will see more of soon! 

I really like using magazines for recipes because I like to compare what the picture they advertise is to what I create.

I decided to try this no-bake recipe for a change.

However, we did not have a food processor and had to smash these pretzels by hand.

We also used chunky peanut butter! I found this to make the recipe better.

We heated up chocolate chips to melt on top.

Sometimes, baking can really make your day. This was one of the times banking cheered me up and made me forget about the stress of schoolwork. It is important to make time for the things you love. Although this recipe was really easy, it helped me relax! As you can see in this photo I am happy that I did it!

Both of these recipes were from a magazine for Halloween baking treats!

These photos are from my brownies they turned out amazing and delicious.

We even put pumpkin cream cheese icing, we made ourselves! It made them even better!

For the blondies, we were supposed to chop up chocolate bars and add it to the mix!

However, adding the chocolate bars to the blondies create a layer of hard caramel from all the sugar. After they hardened, they were pretty much inedible :(. I blame the recipe! It asked for way too many candy bars to be added!