The Excellent 11- Chapter 2- Adventure

I was really excited when I started reading this chapter and saw that it mentioned field trips. Field trips were always fun and exciting when I was in school. One thing that I liked about them was they did seem to bring our class closer together, which Ron also mentioned in this chapter. Field trips can be educational, but they are also bonding times. I really liked all the advice and little tidbits Ron gave about planning field trips. It's nice to have things like that to go by once you're teaching and trying to plan things like that. Honestly if I was teaching right now, I wouldn't have any idea where to start in planning for a field trip. However, I loved his idea for a mini-field trip- going outside to review for a test the last 10 minutes of class. That's the kind of thing that could break up the monotany of the day and really encourage the students to participate and really take an interest in the review. I also like Ron's ideas about preparing for the field trip. The students will appreciate where they are going more if they know a little about it beforehand. Having them write papers, look up information on the internet, and read books about it will really get them intrigued about the trip.