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My teaching tip is to do it yourself. This can be in terms of what you do and also in terms of how you do. If you're asking students to go for a run, run with them. If you're asking students to write a poem, write your own poem. If you're asking them to show you respect, show them respect. I think this is really powerful in PE, although I think that it can be really effective in other areas if students see that you are doing it too instead of just standing and blowing a whistle or sending an email while they do the work. My PE sponsor teacher last year would always do the runs, strength, etc. with them and when he injured his knee he would roll out an exercise bike so he could still be active while they were. He said it made a huge difference in their effort level to have some old guy running laps around them (his words not mine!). My English methods instructor this term has also said she uses this strategy. Her example was that when she asks them to do some type of poem writing - she'll write one up on the board in the same way so they can see the process that she goes through as she writes.

I think this might seem to be common in PE classes, but in English it's not something I've ever really thought of. It's also important to do this in your general attitude, which is something that we've seen a lot, but you need to model the behaviors you expect of your students. Respect them if you want them to respect you, and so on. This is something that I think is more common sense but it's good to always keep it in mind.