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I’m starting a new novel with my students on Monday, and I like to give out a reading schedule for each book. Instead of a typical placeholder, I like to do two things with the bookmark. First, I print out a daily schedule of readings with the date and Read More...
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Every high school student knows his ABCs, and that’s a good thing since those very ABCs are a good tool in allowing kids to learn in fun ways. A number of assignments I use require the basics of the English language, and here are a few I’ve used recently. Read More...
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For some time I’ve considered proposing a new course or two to my department and then my administration. My first thought is a Film Analysis course where students analyze movies (the way the film is shot and the thematic elements within each film). We Read More...
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On the 1st I mentioned my concern about administrators in my district pushing non-fiction texts into Language Arts classrooms to an unwelcomed and unintended degree. This article by the two co-lead authors of the Common Core Standards affirms my assertions: Read More...
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Well, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are here, and my district (and a few department members) see it as the panacea for this generation of students. While I don’t have anywhere near that sort of faith in the new standards, I do like the professional Read More...
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My school district has told the high school English Department to create an assessment system like CollegeBoard’s SpringBoard program or else it gets the SpringBoard program. My department’s resistance to the SpringBoard program is, in part, as follows: Read More...
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Well, I’m neck-deep in paperwork, meetings, and planning, but everything is working out well. Still, I want to accomplish three goals this week: to have the students write in a different (and more fun) mode, to force the students to review a literary Read More...
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We and our students are immersed in media today. Look at the numbers: 80% of children under six watch at least two hours of TV or other screen media a day. The average American is inundated with 11.8 hours of information a day. 57% of an American’s information Read More...
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Anyone else attending the workshop in Vancouver (WA) this coming week? Filed under: Literature Read More...
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With the focus of education reform seemingly centered primarily on STEM content areas, I am often confronted with the statements, “Why do we teach the classics?” or “Why do we need humanities taught in schools?” Of course, my instant reaction–being an Read More...
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Using taboo cards from the actual game like the one pictured here , I divide my class into three teams and have them group together. Once in the groups I begin the game, but not by using the actual game rules. I read the first word on the card, which Read More...
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Today during Harry Potter Day at my school, a student told me I reminded him of Dumbledore. I’m hoping that means I’m wise and not just old. Last year a student gave me perhaps the highest praise I’ve ever received when he thought I was like Atticus Finch. Read More...
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I’m in the middle of teaching John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath today, and I presented the students with the following question: If the economic system used in our society guarantees winners and losers, does this mean society has an obligation to take Read More...
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For those of you teaching Antigone by Sophocles this year, this article could be a valuable one for showing the students how art is more true to life (than reality TV even!). Apparently, students at Jamaica High School in New York City adapted Antigone Read More...
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I’ve been on vacation and upon returning I had a full inbox of questions about how to integrate multiple language arts elements into a single assignment. I thought I would use an example from my own curriculum to illustrate the idea of integration. One Read More...
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