【推荐1】Tips for Handling Difficult Students

Dealing with constant disruption and misbehaviour can make the already-intense demands of teaching all the more challenging. Even the most effective teachers often _______ to choose disciplinary techniques that get the job done.

Define Expectations

Clearly state your expectations for all students and be _______ about what good behaviour requires. Your students must understand the _______ of behaviour that does not meet expectations and know that they will be held _______ when they do not follow the rules.

Get your students to help you write rules for behaviour and sign a(n) _______ at the beginning of the year to make them feel more responsible for upholding high standards. Write these out and _______ them in the classroom. Remember to include expectations in your list about respecting teachers and school property, and waiting for _______ before acting.

Justify Expectations

Just as important as setting _______ expectations is explaining why expectations are in place. Part of your job as a teacher is to help children understand why rules _______ both in and out of the classroom. “Because I said so” and “Just do it” are not explanations that will help them understand.

Teach students that rules for behaviour are designed to keep them ________ and make school more productive —adhering to them removes the need for discipline and enables healthy relationships between a teacher and their students. Have a ________ conversation with your whole class about why good behaviour benefits everyone.

Enforce Expectations

Once you’ve laid out expectations, ________ the behaviour you are looking for. Provide a few examples of how to act in different situations so that students are clear on what is expected. Only after you have done this can you begin to enforce the rules.

Praise Good Behaviour

Behaviour management should involve praising good behaviour just as much as—if not more—it involves criticizing students that are out of line. This encouragement is ________ to motivating students. If success is not appreciated, there is little reason to put effort into achieving it.

Always notice and lift up students that set good examples for the rest of the class.   even if they are just doing what is expected of them. ________ a classroom culture that celebrates good behavior and have a system in place for how students will be recognized when they meet or go above and ________ expectations. Your students will want to be a part of the winner’s circle and you’ll find yourself disciplining less when the class sees that hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.

【推荐2】Pregracke grew up in Illinois, where the Mississippi River was in his backyard. Communities along the river use it to ________ freshwater and drop their industrial and household waste. As a teenager he began to notice the piles of ________ in the waterway. “I got ________ of seeing it and just wanted to do something about it,” he said.

With persistence and sincerity, Pregracke got a small ________ from Alcoa, the largest aluminum (铝) company in the U.S., in 1997 and spent that money ________ a 35-mile of the river by himself that summer. He would transport the trash by boat and ________ it on his parents’front yard for recycling. By year’s end, he had ________ pulled around 45,000 pounds of trash out of the river, with 90% of it recycled properly.

It began as an individual effort, but over the years Pregracke turned it into a ________ movement. To date, about 70,000 volunteers have joined his ________ . His operation has become much more advanced since those early days, as his nonprofit Living Lands & Waters now has a group of ________ boats. Besides the river cleanup ________ , Pregracke has launched a floating classroom, where his staff ________ high school students and teachers about the ________ that pollution brought to river ecosystems.

Picking up garbage is ________ , but Pregracke believes it is worthwhile and that volunteers get a huge sense of ________ from seeing the garbage piled up and recycled.

【推荐3】My family came to the Caspian Sea. Noticing my excitement, Dad asked if I wanted to ________ a swim. “You’ll have to swim in the ladies’ section(区域),” he ________ . The beach was divided into male and female sections.

“No,” I told him. I’d never been in the water before and would have ________ to splash (拍打着水游) around, but I didn’t want to be separated from my ________ .

When I turned 30, I moved to Australia for further education. On the flight there, I stopped at Malaysia and did some   ________ . My swimming skills were ________ , but the experience of being in the water was so ________ that I decided I’d do it again in Australia.

But to really deal with the sea with ________ , I’d need proper swimming lessons. My first attempt ended ________ . The instructor’s way of pronouncing words was so hard for me to understand that I couldn’t ________ the instructions. Instead, I ________ to teach myself by watching countless videos and practising alone.

Three years later, I became an excellent ________ and loved heading into the ________ as often as possible.

Thinking back to the ________ in those years, I knew there must be other people like me, so I ________ From Zero To Hero, an adult swimming programme. It’s a job I love, and I hope that I’ll let others keep making a splash!