Will CO #2

 This morning, I observed Dr. Ciappetta’s Reading class. She introduced the classwork for the day, then she announced that everyone would have additional homework this weekend, but did not specify what the homework would be. It seemed like many of the students were planning on finishing their classwork over the weekend until she mentioned the additional homework they would be having. After that, they seemed more motivated to finish their assignment in class today. The class assignment was based on an article about FSU parking garages. The students were provided the article ahead of time and the class assignment focused on answering a set of relatively detailed questions. I thought this was a great method for teaching reading because the class not only had to read the article, but they also had to read and decipher the detailed questions before being able to answer. This was not a test, so the class was allowed to work in groups and ask questions. Most students chose to work on it by themselves. At the end of class, Dr. Ciappetta introduced the weekend homework and told the class to avoid dictionaries, translators, etc. while doing it. 

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