O"Reilly's 7th Grade Speech/Drama Class.
O"Reilly has her class" chairs organized into three horizontal rows. This arrangement keeps all of the students close to the teacher. Being closer to the students helps the students see what the teacher is demonstrating more efficiently. When the students come in her class, they know just what to do. She has them used to a routine that requires the students to be seated quietly and then take out the previous night's homework. .
A few of the students took too long settling in. Ms. O"Reilly addressed the stragglers all at once, politely asking them to join the rest of the group. Once everyone is ready, the class passes their homework to the left. As a whole group they grade each other's homework. I think this is benefitial to the students because they can see their errors immediately and the correct answers. I must also add that this method of homework correction is a little tedious. Any time that there is more than one way to word an answer, nearly every student raises their hand. Almost every student needs to repeat the answer to the teacher for a decision. This makes grading homework longer.
After signing the papers that they have graded, Ms. O"Reilly asks her students to take out their speech packets. As a whole class, they verbally review the packet. When the class gets a little too loud, Ms. O"Reilly reminds the students of the class rules that she helped them create. She does this by stopping the review and tapping on the poster board of rules hanging on the wall. When they have finished reviewing the packet, Ms. O"Reilly walks over to her dry erase board which displays the order of events for the day. She explains to the students what they will do for the remainder of class.