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| Daniel Javitch was my Ethnic Experience in Literature teacher for the 2001-2002 school year. Basically, he was my English teacher. But this year was different than my other years in English. It was neither creative writing, as it was in 8th grade in Minnesota, nor was it completely reading whatever books I wanted to, as in Academic Literature with Ms. Parmeter. It was a strange combination. The year started out with Mr. Javitch teaching us about fluency. Basically, he would put up a picture, or read us a poem, or make us watch a looney tunes story, and then write as much as we could in ten minutes. It was an excercize to help us get used to writing a lot. A lot being hundreds of words. He taught us about poetry. He taught us many vocabulary and grammar rules, as well as parts of poems, different parts of poems, and introduced us some interesting poems and songs. He taught us many words that are in lanuages such as French, Latin, and German that are used in everyday English. These were words such as faux pas, ad infinitum, modus operandi, etc. He focused most of his year on very minute details of an argumentative essay, and worked personally to ensure that every student became better at writing and reading comprehesion. It was a very trying but healthy experience, and it is sure to be helpful to me in the future. In all, he was one of my three favorite teachers, maybe my FAVORITE. He helped me in a number of different ways. Not only academically, but also as a counelor for issues such as college, family issues, and 9-11. Javitch helped me learn to think on an entirely different level, and although I will not be in any of his classes next year, I hope that he continues to help me learn and grow. |