Can you give me advice for teaching teenagers?

I work as an English teacher at an academy (not a school) and some of my students are teenagers (between 11 and 13),they are just 7 of them (4 boys ,3 girls) but I am having such a hard time....the girls are OK, but the boys just talk non-stop...I麓ve tried different things, like giving them time to chat at the beginning of the class, separate the most disruptive students,play games with them at the end of the class when they have worked hard,become angry,reason with them, ask them to leave the class (they just refuse, one day I asked my boss to come to get 1 boy, because I was fed up),notify the parents about their behaviour...nothing seems to work..I am going through a difficult time personally and don麓t feel confident at all and I guess they sense that...I feel that they are not learning anything and I am to be blamed, because I can麓t control them...I have talked to my boss about it, but the only advice she gives me is to not let it upset me....Can you give me advice for teaching teenagers?
I'm 13 and about to leave middle school. i have a 4.000 GPA so don't call me stupid 'cause i can help you. We teens don't like boring teachers so don't be boring. Also if you want to stop the talking have the boys sit next to the girls. if they still talk wack them upside the head and tell them to Shut the Hell Up like my teachers.

















Your WelcomeCan you give me advice for teaching teenagers?
that person was rude...it's ok ay to write your whole problem out. Do not give them any time to talk at the beginning of class or compromise with them on anything! you are the teacher and the women in control. If they misbehave you send them to the office. It sound like none of these kids deserve to go to an academy if they are as bad as you say. You should give homework to the whole class each time their is a problem and maybe the other classmates will convince those those disruptive ones to be good. Also, if they refuse to do homework, their parents will see their grades and they can deal with it at home. You can e mail me if you would like and we can talk about certain methods or someething. And this is comming from a 17 year old girl.. : )


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good luck!
I am a 20 year old, and I used to be just like that I was talkative and never listened and I only did it with one teacher basically because I could get away with it. The teacher was to nice and wasn't concrete about her rules and expectations. I do regret being such a brat now because that teacher was really nice but I took advantage of it. Basically I am saying you need to be much more firm with what you expect and don't take crap from them. Your there to teach, yes you can still be nice and have a good time in class, but the whole point of your job is to teach and not be there friend. I hope that helps.
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Try an incentive, like a point system or something. If they reach a certain number of points (individually or as a class) then they get a treat, or a pizza party or something. Rewards are always great motivation, and classes always get reeeally excited about ice cream or pizza parties.





Separate them in the class so they aren't talking amongst themselves so much, although sometimes this doesn't work because they call across the room to each other.





I don't know the difference between an academy and a school... but at school we send kids to the offic when they absoluteley can't behave. If these kids who don't want to learn are interupting the learning of some who do, that isn't fair and they should leave the classroom.
I'm a first year English teacher at a charter school in California, and I teach freshmen (13-15 years old). I have had the same problem in EACH of my classes at the beginning of the year. This is not just your kids; they're adolescents and love to chat and have fun. Acknowledge that with them, but at the same time you need to tell them that once they cross the threshold into YOUR classroom, they're in your territory, and it's time to learn. Maybe tell them some consequences of not paying attention in class, and actually act on them. Assign after-school detentions. Show them you mean business and they'll shape up into a nice group. However, don't get all ';evil'; on them. Laugh with them; teach them when it's okay to play around and when it needs to be quiet. It's hard to make that transition from the middle school/elementary school chaos. Hope that helps!
I didn't bother reading that entire novel you just typed out, but to answer your question from the headline, my advice to you is to STAY AWAY FROM THE TEENS. They're punks. They're annoying, spoiled, angry with the world, think they're better than everyone else.