Dear Dr. Agriss, I was able to learn many things by taking this class in terms of my growth as a teacher. One of the largest developments that I have undergone by taking this course lies in my ability to plan lessons for my students. I had only planned maybe a handful of lessons for my future students, and up until now, I had only thought that the best thing to do was to just plan a week or two in advance and call it good. I never thought that I would be both learning about the planning process of whole units and planning a whole unit myself. I feel that this assignment has influenced my growth as a teacher because it has allowed me to see the bigger picture and the overall goal of what I’m trying to accomplish in teaching my students during a unit. Without the unit plan and the steps that were taken in this class to design it I doubt I would be able to plan as effectively for my students as I can now do after completing the assignment. The mini lesson also showed me where my stre...