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Over at the Seattle Times a blog post from Ed Cetera has sparked some conversation around the water cooler in our English Department. In the posting Ed Cetera wonders why people love J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, and then he mentions his love for Read More...
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If you teach The Chosen or Night or something like it, then you might want to check out how tefillin caused an airliner to land . Of course, the real story is ignorance and those who wield it. My students thought these people on the plane were ridiculous. 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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How much of this GraphJam.com chart matches how you feel about the literature taught in your school or read by your students? Check out GraphJam’s other fun charts! Posted in Reading 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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When students ask me what I do outside of school, I tell them that “I read Shakespeare and study the dictionary.” Of course, they believe me until I tell them I’m just kidding. However, I do throw the books I read up on the book shelves in my classroom Read More...
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Here’s an example of a great program to motivate young readers: click here for details . Posted in Reading, Sports 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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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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I know. At first glance this seems to be a “no, duh” statement, but how many students have asked you “why do I need to read?” or ” If I need to know stuff I can just look it up”? While the movie Idiocracy may spring to mind upon hearing this, I think Read More...
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Is teaching reading, and more particularly literature, a losing prospect? There are days when I feel this way. Yesterday I took an anonymous poll and found that 1/3 of my College in the High School students were behind in the current reading and 1/4 admitted Read More...
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I started my Antigone unit, which is the first one where I really make the kids be independent; their autonomy is important to me. I want to see that my Sophomores are learning how to learn without my guidance. For me, independence is key. However, I Read More...
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Back in January I posted an article from a teacher in southwestern Washington State who promoted eliminating The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the curriculum and then rebutted his stance . Next, I asked if he was being satirical. Apparently, he Read More...
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This week my students related to me how an assignment I designed to take 15 minutes took as long as 45-60 minutes. After some questions from me and responses from them, I discovered that most of my students (probably 75% of them) text, instant message, Read More...
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