Gryphon
By
Charles Baxter
About the Author
Charles Baxter was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Baxter also taught Pinconning, Michigan for a year and then he moved to the University of Michigan. Baxter wrote many books and got recognized by Michigan State University for them.
Pre-reading Reflection
What do you expect to learn when you have a substitute teacher?
Whenever I have a substitute teacher, I expect to learn about the topic that we've been learning so far in class. I las expect to learn something new connecting to the topic of the class.
What are some strategies substitutes used to teach their classes? Which strategies work? Which do not?
Some strategies that the substitute teachers that we have in my class use their own methods or they would ask us what the lessons are about. They both work because in the end of our class, we would still learn good things about the topic.
Whenever I have a substitute teacher, I expect to learn about the topic that we've been learning so far in class. I las expect to learn something new connecting to the topic of the class.
What are some strategies substitutes used to teach their classes? Which strategies work? Which do not?
Some strategies that the substitute teachers that we have in my class use their own methods or they would ask us what the lessons are about. They both work because in the end of our class, we would still learn good things about the topic.
Vocabulary
painstakingly- boring " 'Let us go on to your assigned problems for today, as painstakingly outlines, I see, in Mr. Hibler's lesson plan.' "
cosmic- supernatural " 'Pyramids,' Miss Ferenczi went on, 'were the repositories of special cosmic powers.' "
improvise- substitute "I had to improvise, to outrage him."
variant- different kinds/types "Gryphon: variant of griffin."
fabulous- amazing "Griffin: 'a fabulous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.'
pretense- no warning/signal "This time there was no pretense of doing a reading lesson or moving on to arithmetic."
demoralized- doubts himself "He seemed demoralized."
cosmic- supernatural " 'Pyramids,' Miss Ferenczi went on, 'were the repositories of special cosmic powers.' "
improvise- substitute "I had to improvise, to outrage him."
variant- different kinds/types "Gryphon: variant of griffin."
fabulous- amazing "Griffin: 'a fabulous beast with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion.'
pretense- no warning/signal "This time there was no pretense of doing a reading lesson or moving on to arithmetic."
demoralized- doubts himself "He seemed demoralized."