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A while back I wanted my students to write more, but I knew I didn’t have the time to assess more. So, like Miniver Cheevy , I “thought, and thought, and thought/ and thought about it…scratched [my] head and kept on thinking…/coughed, and called it fate,/ Read More...
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I was told a story one time by a fellow basketball coach while at a camp who spoke about motivation and self-confidence. If this story is true, it’s a great tale. Bobby Bowden, after losing a few critical games due to poor field goal kicking, brought Read More...
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I just finished planning for January, and I’m going to be teaching the following this month. American Literature : First, we’ll review the Edgar Allan Poe writings (“The Raven” and “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Tell Tale Heart”) as well as Nathaniel Read More...
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I recently went to see James Cameron’s Avatar (in 3-D no less) and was visually awed. In my lifetime few movies made me feel like I had seen a change in cinema, but there have been a few: Star Wars, Aliens, Jurassic Park, and Lord of the Rings. After Read More...
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Previously, I posted about a diction analysis assignment I use in class . While I designed it originally for my honors students, I have modified it to use with my mainstream students as well. I thought I would present an example of this here. The first Read More...
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Here is a website with some real world instances of plagiarism and the consequences which followed. Maybe these could help when teaching kids about plagiarism. Posted in Lessons, Writing Read More...
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If you are trying to teach tone, irony, or mood, Grady Hendrix’s Slate.com article “Giant Squid” could be a fun one. Seeing if the kids can catch the fact that the writer is not serious and if the kids can catch the humor throughout the piece would be Read More...
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Go take a look at the articles posted as a part of the Carnival on Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable . I even have one article there. Posted in Lessons Read More...
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Last week I tried something called The Wagon Wheel. I numbered off my students 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, etc. and then had the ones form a circle shoulder to shoulder facing outward while the twos faced the inner circle. If an odd number of students are in class, Read More...
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In a previous post I discussed how I combine skills when assigning work in my classroom. One poster responded, “that though this seems like a lot of work on my part, I do think and hope that it will pay off for me to try with my students.” However, I Read More...
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When people hear the term “teaching in isolation,” they probably think it has something to do with PLCs or collaboration (or its lack thereof). But there’s another kind. I believe many teachers make the mistake of teaching every skill set or unit separately, Read More...
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President Obama gave his speech to students today on C-SPAN, and I had not planned on having my students watch it since it’s not directly germane with the course of study; however, my students requested to watch it, and I let them. Here is the transcript. Read More...
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Today was the first day of school, and we had a distinctly shorter day than we normally do because of a new effort. The school was for Freshmen only in the morning to attend 20 minute classes, and the second half of the day was for upperclassmen to attend Read More...
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A Good Housekeeping article by Marcy Lovitch details the secrets about getting the best grades. She interviewed students of excellence and their parents and summarized the results. Here are the tips in the article from the parents and students: Use a Read More...
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One approach I use in class when trying to gauge readiness on a skill or concept is the consensogram. All that the students need is a pad of sticky notes (and a pen/pencil). I put a quick graph on the board with 100% at the top and 0% at the bottom. Then Read More...
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