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I've used an episode of the old Jim Henson show Dinosaurs to introduce satire - a lot of my seniors remember seeing it when they were youngsters, and it's not as familiar as South Park, the Simpsons, or Family Guy (and it has the added benefit of ...
Denise -
I'm finishing up my Hamlet unit right now. One assignment I give when we start it is to find an allusion to Shakespeare in popular culture - any reference to any work or to Shakespeare himself - in a title, lyric, cartoon, parody, etc. Th...
If you really want to be innovative, get stand-up desks! Here's an article from the NY Times earlier this year:
I would LOVE to be able to do this, but I can barely squeeze in the 38 desks I need for my students. I have gone so far as to drag desks out into the hall to make room for presentations and performances, but then I end up with kids having to sit o...
I don't teach R&J, but I know there's a YA novel geared for grades 6-10 called Romiet and Julio that's a contemporary retelling with a happy ending.
My class is nearly done with Hamlet. If you're interested, here's what I'm giving as a final.
No, I was just working on writing different kinds of paragraphs effectively. Having only one topic to think about made it easier for my students.
Meredith -
Thank you so much for this information! I sent a request at 6 this morning, and by 7 it was done!
Lynne ;-)
Eileen and Laura, here's a suggestion for a paragraph assignment that I used with my standard level seniors last week:
Think of a little kid that you know, and decide what would be the perfect present for that child.
- Write a persuasive paragraph...
Csanders, perhaps I would have been more accurate if I had said "very basic production values" - the editing and pacing are rather awkward in places. The director, Peter Brook, explained each scene to the boys, who then acted it out; it wasn't scr...
Although the 1963 film is in black and white, has cheesy production values, and uses mostly inexperienced child actors, it is much closer to the original novel than the 1990 version. If you're going to show a film, I'd go for that one.
What about Sir Philip Sidney's Sonnet XXXI?
With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies!
How silently, and with how wan a face!
What, may it be that even in heav'nly place
That busy archer his sharp arrows tries!
Sure, if that long-with l...
SO. JEALOUS.
Enjoy, and be prepared to share like crazy on here when you get back!
Eileen, it's $12.24 on Amazon and absolutely worth it! You can also go to the Folger Library website - there's a teacher area with other lessons.
Ditto on the Shakespeare Set Free materials - we switched to Hamlet this year, but I used the Macbeth curriculum very successfully for the past five years.
Alan, I was just about to print out the same article to give to my principal. I'm pretty sure this is something you get a site license for - the student wouldn't be able to access it at home. From the student's comments in the article ("I get more...
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- Westlake High School, Conejo Valley USD
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- Currently between books while I complete my research portfolio so I can graduate in May!
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- I teach 12th grade English - British Lit
Comment Wall (19 comments)
- At 4:24pm on November 13, 2009,
Mimi said… - Hey Lynne - I'd certainly like to connect with you about our seniors! -Mimi
- At 4:09am on November 12, 2009,
Eileen Williams said… - Lynne,
Thank you for the career/vo-tech docs. You are helpful all over this site!
- At 3:38am on November 2, 2009,
Eileen Williams said…
- Aaaah, a grading day; now that idea I like! Private schools are too limiting with subs to do something as bold as that!
- At 1:58pm on November 1, 2009,
Eileen Williams said…
- Hi Lynne,
I used your sonnet activities; they were fun and cutting the sentence strips was well worth it.
Thanks again.
- At 4:54pm on October 20, 2009,
Eileen Williams said…
- Hi Lynne,
Brit Lit is going much better this year thanks to you and this wonderful site and all of the fantastic teaching suggestions. If you have time could you shoot me your sonnet activities. We are entering the Renaissance period. Thanks!
- At 8:52pm on October 11, 2009,
Joshua Williamson said… - Thank you very much for posting these. I have read through these and I am looking forward to trying them in my classroom. I am sure that I will enjoy this, and I hope that my students will.
- At 11:00pm on October 3, 2009,
Joshua Williamson said…
- Hi, I am a student teacher out here in Utah and am preparing to teach 1984 this next semester. I was reading a number of post about your ideas for teaching this novel and would love to learn more. You had commented that if we wanted to see more of your lesson plans and the power point just to comment here. I hope that offer is still open. Thank you for the amazing ideas in the discussion. (my email is jwill3003@gmail.com)
- At 4:56pm on August 19, 2009,
Julie Eng said…
- Thanks, I appreciate your suggestions. I think I'm going to try it this year!
- At 3:45pm on August 19, 2009,
- Wow, you use the "class-yes" with your high school students??!! I did go to review the website just now, thanks for sharing the link. I'd never heard of the WBT way of teaching. It's intriguing. Can you tell me more about how you use it with your high schoolers? I was worried that it seemed elementary, but if you can use it successfully, I am sure I can, too. Do you have any who don't buy into it?
Thanks!
- At 4:31pm on August 11, 2009,
Eileen Williams said…
- Yes, I do Prologue CT, frankenstein (that was not too difficult with ELL students and their posters were great!), Romantics (Byron), may do Austen this year - skipped her last year because of the groans, however Sense and Sensibility is in the textbook (the text I hate). We did MacBeth; some great video clips out there, of course. Elizabeth I Speech of Armada and video clips - good stuff. We watched Queen at the end of the year. does it sound like i did too much with video; YES, I confess, probably did because the text was mind-numbingly boring.
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Devon, I just came across EtherPad a couple of days ago and I think it has some great potential. You don't need an account or any login/sign-on, etc. It will save the writing to come back to later. You can export it in many formats (inclusing PDF,...
I have them list the pilgrims in order of Chaucer's respect for them. We read the entire Prologue, but you could probably do it with just the ones you've covered. They have to explain their list with support from the poem. It turns out there reall...
Hi Scott,
I am a graduate student (interning at a Middle School) - I just recently this semester became familiar with moodle - now that I know how to use it, I really like it. Actually a lot better than blackboard. I never actually thought of it b...
What amazed me most watching the workshop was how the students worked but also how Penny was not "managing" the class.
I know that establishing the expectations is key. I am not too effective in that yet.
In conferences, I find that I become foc...
Last year I taught British Lit and attempted to incorporate more writing workshop. This year I am teaching an AP Literature Course that covers the same broad, expansive canon -- not to mention all of the side texts and research that will make the ...
Great post, thanks.
I think a very important step would be to dis-associate the symbol with antisemitism. For hundreds of millions of Hindus the swastika is a sacred symbol of luck.
This is an ancient mosaic I photographed in Beyt Mere, Lebanon....
I gained quite a bit of insight on conferring after reading Carl Anderson's book How's It Going. I structure my conferences with my jr. high kids much like the ones in his book - half the time the kids are talking about their work as writers and h...
You can also call NCTE and talk with Sharon Roth about PD opportunities that would complement Pathways. Pathways is a great resource, but sometimes a kickstart really helps. Maybe a speaker related to that program would be a good idea.
How did this go?
The necessary question that seems to come from this is whether or not all bad kids can be reached, and if not, does labeling them as bad kids make it easier for those students to be neglected and dismissed.
We seem comfortable labeling good kids ...
I'd visit Heinemann's site and bring in a seminar or a speaker. You can target a need and if you do a seminar, everyone who attends gets the books that accompany it... so many good choices. ;)
It seems that many students don't attribute any more significance to anti-Semitism than they might to calling someone fat, ugly, stupid, or whathaveyou.
There was one particular student that I had that professed to agree entirely with Hitler's id...
I sometimes have my students write a film review. The thesis is "(director's name)'s film does a ____ job of portraying (author's name)'s novel." They examine any three elements: acting, settings, sound, lighting, plot, and theme. They must justif...
I know this is a dirty word and we all have our own ideas about how to assess student learning. I was wondering if anyone has a Julius Caesar test that uses brief passages and asks the students to pull information from those passages to answer mul...
How do you tie Huck Finn to Casablanca?
I would use European music from the 30's and 40's. Modern music sets a weird tone with this topic. I've taught the Holocaust, Anne Frank's diary, WWII many times, and if you want the right mood, use music from that era. That would be my suggestion!
As to comprehension, Jamestown Reading Navigator allows for a complex approach to reading that other programs sometimes do not capture. They also do progress monitoring. I like the program also because it can connect with in-class readings and tex...
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