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Common Core Standard 7 for Reading presents teachers with many possibilities for mixing all kinds of art forms with literature. Music, photography, painting, sculpture, and many other media are easily brought into the classroom today because of the internet…the Read More...
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This week is my last one before returning to the classroom on Monday. I have to be honest, thinking about the first day of school still makes me really queasy even after eleven years. Of course, I do plan to continue this series of posts about the Common Read More...
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This week we look at the last of three standards under “Key Ideas and Details” in the “Reading” section of the Common Core: Standard 3: Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a Read More...
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Continuing with our exploration of the Common Core, this week I’ve discovered a useful website for the second standard under “Key Ideas and Details.” Standard 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the Read More...
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After a long and much needed hiatus, I am back… I found I needed some complete down time very much, hence the brief silence at Interactive LA. I hope you too are able to find this for yourself…time to repair and to recuperate. This week, I begin a weekly Read More...
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Summer has finally arrived here in Maine. I hope many of you, like me, have finished up the school year and can now take some time to recuperate. Looking forward to a productive summer, I am planning a series of blog posts focusing on the Common Core Read More...
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As the school year winds down, you might be thinking about what new or different books you hope to use in the fall. If you are, I encourage you to check out Open Educational Resources (OER) textbooks. OER or “Open Source” textbooks are digital, often Read More...
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With so much literature, grammar, writing, and vocabulary to cover in our curriculum these days, it’s easy to overlook the importance of oral language in our classrooms. Consider also how reluctant many students already are about “getting up in front Read More...
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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills cites the ability to work collaboratively among some very important skills students will need in order to be ready for the careers of the 21st century. However, as school district budgets shrink and as our classroom Read More...
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As an English teacher, I am always using metaphors or other imagery to explain the concepts I want students to grasp. For example, when telling students about building a good paragraph or essay, it can be helpful to use the analogy of a good essay being Read More...
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When recently looking for electronic resources to add to my short story unit, I came across LearnOutLoud.com where hundreds of recorded works are available free for download. Learn Out Loud doesn’t just have audio recordings of books and stories (though Read More...
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In my last post I mentioned a project I have been working on. It’s more-or-less done now so I thought I would write briefly about it here. I hope to develop it more, but as they say, it’s never done, just due. I developed this project for a Visual Literacies Read More...
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If you teach Arthur Miller’s The Crucible , Elizabeth George Speare’s The Witch of Blackbird Pond , or any other Witch Trials literature, you must check out the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria interactive website at National Geographic . It is an outstanding Read More...
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H ello fellow teachers and tech integration enthusiasts. I’m back from a short break. A major project in my graduate class has kept me away from blogging for nearly two weeks. The good news is I’ve been developing an interactive Shakespeare website I’ll Read More...
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