The art of letter writing may one day be obsolete. With the changing tides of technology it is becoming increasingly rare to sit down with a pen and paper to craft a message for someone else. I love the ease with which communication is achieved via emails and social media, but there is something specialContinue reading “Holiday Pen Pals and a Letter Writing Challenge”
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Dressing and Educating: Days 115-119
Day 115: February 13, 2017 My classes began today with a debrief of last week’s Socratic Seminar in English. Students evaluated their own strengths and weaknesses and we discussed ways to improve as a class in the future. After the debrief session students began presenting their independent book projects. I received some of the bestContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 115-119”
Teachers Pay Teachers?
Writing effective lesson plans is time consuming. Making learning at the high school level fun and engaging for students requires even more. This year I’ve been focusing on student engagement and getting my students more involved in both the English and History courses that I teach. It’s taken more time than usual, but myContinue reading “Teachers Pay Teachers?”
Dressing and Educating: Days 74-78
Day 74: December 5, 2016 Every quarter my school district expects the content areas to give a common assessment. This quarter in English our focus has been argument writing and so we decided to hone in on the skills needed to write a thesis statement and focus our assessment on that. Today we gave aContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 74-78”
Dressing and Educating: Days 67-68
Day 67: November 21, 2016 As we draw near to Thanksgiving Break both of my classes were wrapping up major units of study. In English each of my students created an online presentation about a book that they have read independently over the last month and a half. During today and tomorrow they will eachContinue reading “Dressing and Educating: Days 67-68”
Teaching Writing: Five Things You Need to Survive
Whoever said teaching writing is dull has never been inspired by some of the writing greats like Kelly Gallagher, George Hillocks Jr, and Donalyn Miller. These three people have heavily influenced my take on the teaching of writing. My first two years of teaching I struggled to capture the interest of my students while adheringContinue reading “Teaching Writing: Five Things You Need to Survive”
Book Worm or Social Butterfly?
I am currently enrolled in a course on teaching writing and during this course the class is reading the book, In the Best Interest of Students by Kelly Gallagher. In his book, Kelly discusses some of the strengths and weaknesses of the current Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts. I’m a big fan of GallagherContinue reading “Book Worm or Social Butterfly?”
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