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I’m a firm believer in teachers helping their own, and I sure wish our professional development days were much the same. Having said that and being a new department head, I figure I have to walk the walk. This year we have had three department meetings Read More...
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I gave my College in the High School students (an American Literature class) a project to go along with the conclusion of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. They had the options below, and every one was chosen by one of the groups of three. Each group had Read More...
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During the Holocaust unit with the Butterfly Project I discussed yesterday, I also do the following: show Schindler’s List after school, have the students compose a diction analysis with The Chosen , show (in a period) the Oprah episode with Eli Read More...
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Yesterday I posted about the myopic view of the Everett School District’s new prior review policy, and now the WJEA (Washington Journalism Education Association) weighs in : The Everett School District is putting together quite an unenviable track Read More...
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According to well-documented research and studies and this article , students who are enrolled in “unregulated student journalism” perform higher in most areas of school including: standardized testing, average high school GPAs, and freshman Read More...
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I may be unable to blog for a couple days, so here is a list of some of my more popular posts from my brief blogging history. I hope these links spark some conversation and, more importantly, some thought on a range of education topics. 1. Teaching Connotation Read More...
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This week my students are working on the diction analysis, which is an assignment requiring the students do the following: choose a section of text containing about 150 words, identify at least 6 literary devices, persuasive techniques, or logical fallacies, Read More...
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Correcting the grammar on public signs can land in you in court. That’s right. Two young men from Massachusetts found out the hard way that the grammar police may be unwanted in many areas of the country. [Jeff] Deck and [Benjamin] Herson, both Read More...
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For those of you who love fonts or just an interest in them, here are a few enjoyable sites: a College Humor video about the Council of Fonts , a movie about Helvetica , a funny interview about banning a font, and a poster I think all journalism teachers Read More...
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My students know I am a fan of word and phrase etymologies, so they routinely ask me from where words and phrases stem. One of my favorites is “happy as a clam” because it’s one that mystifies the students. From what I have been told Read More...
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Two of my favorite teachers, both journalism instructors, are admittedly not the typical readers. One reads only non-fiction books, newspaper and magazine articles, and online list serves while the other contends he’s “not the typical English Read More...
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One aspect of teaching, which can be quite difficult, is how to make what we teach relevant to students today. Kids seem to think they cannot possibly connect the writings of yesteryear with the hectic, technological, global lives led today; however, Read More...
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When handing back papers, especially among my honors students, I often run into some emotion. I tend to be a tough grader. fair but tough. My students realize this after their first writings are returned to them. For many students it’s the first Read More...
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During my student teaching my mentor teacher asked a seemingly straight-forward and simple question: why did you give a test after reading that novel?
My response, an obviously silly and meaningless one (even after some thought), was “because it Read More...
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When I received an e-mail stating that teachers work only “part-time” because of their “summers off,” I immediately chuckled and shook my head. How about we play a game I like to call Teacher Math?
First, I will take the average Read More...
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