Problem: When looking at the two informal tools/strategies my mentor uses, two that stand out to me would be class discussion and making a small activity for the class to do throughout the year. Every day, my mentor uses a daily question or leaves up an interesting fact that occurred on that day's date to have the students write and then talk about as a class. This is very helpful for him to get the classes brain working and also gives him an idea if they are understanding the lesson. The other method he has used for the first time this year is allowing the class to pick a president and create class laws. This goes well with his Civics class, where they all have different roles, and about every other month, they vote on laws or changes to class rules. Shows the students the ways laws and bills are passed and how they affect them as a class community. Need Assignment Help?