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Using Centers in a High School English Classroom
Replied May. 29, 2009
Using Centers in a High School English Classroom
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Shirley Miller Jul. 27, 2009.
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I am about to start teaching Beowulf using Hinds' graphic novel. Were there certain pages you had them look at? Did you copy the pages and have them write on them? I love this idea and am curious as to how you executed it.
i am teaching at an alternative high school and am about to start teaching Beowulf to my juniors and seniors using their text book and Gareth Hinds' book, I'd be interested in how you broke it up and made it interesting for your students.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/separate_peace.pdf maybe you can pull from this... not necessarily activities, but I like the Active Reading pages. It might also provide good ideas for test questions.
The author for Middle School Literacy Centers...(Lynette Prevatte) has included in her book directions, and in some centers the worksheets, for 11 literacy centers.
I love centers and use them MS- I created MS centers based on their vocab review- they had their vocab words on index cards/definition, sentence and illustration on back. Students at each center were quizzed by the others there- each taking turns- a…
I know I am jumping into this discussion late, but I absolutely love Middle School Literacy Centers: Connecting Struggling Readers to Literature by Maupin House Publishers. The lessons and ideas given are strong and can be revised for high school st…
Here's a link to a review of Tan's book by Gene Luen Yang (of _Americn Born Chinese_)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/books/review/Yang-t.html
Take a look at the gorgeous _The Rabbi's Cat_ by Joann Sfar.
Also, _The Arrival_ (Shaun Tan) is a curious take on the mode, but it's provocative and really asks students to "create" a narrative.
differentiation is fine, but from what i understand I don't have students that have identified learning disabilities or are identified as gifted.
I'm at an alternative school so it's more of a teach them the info, do all the work in class, and keep…
One great activity I found with using Hind's "Beowulf" is to take Seamus Heaney's translation of "Beowulf" and have them sketch the panels from the Hind's rendition of the battle between Beowulf and Grendel, then to find quotes from the text that co…
A couple of good suggestions already made (and one or two not yet suggested) are:
Maus
Persepolis
Pride of Baghdad
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
I debated about Marvel Comics' "Civil War" mini series as it makes a great launching point to discuss many c…
A podcast describing recently published graphic novels is available at Read, Write, Think. It's episode 15, Under "Podcasts for Ages 11-18."
http://www.readwritethink.org/beyondtheclassroom/summer/podcastsvideos/
Here's a couple of 'mainstream' titles to look for.
Batman-The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. On par with The Watchmen, as one of the first great graphic novels. This is a mature disturbing, and thrilling re-working of the Batman Legend. The…
Look for my reply in the Resistance to Graphic Novels reply that has a pdf attachment of my syllabus of the Introduction to Graphic Literature course that I just started teaching as a full year graphic literature course to seniors. The novels mentio…
I teach MAUS and MAUS to seniors and also really like "Pride of Baghdad." You might also take a look at the graphic novel version of "Beowuld."
Here are copies of a word diary. They don't have to spend long doing them. It might be perfect for a center as they can look for them in the text, look up definitions with dictionaries and create original sentences. You can always assign some of the…
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I really like "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse. It is short and I think very accessible for struggling students. It won the Newberry Medal. Not only did it help me understand what the big deal was about the duststorms of the time, I thought it told…
And what about the fact that often writers don't know what their thesis is until they begin reflecting in writing about a subject or occurrence? Happens to me all the time.
Thank you so much everyone! I definitely have a better feel for how essential questions work. I've been able to brainstorm a few and included a few here. Feel free to tell me if I am way off base.
What does it mean to be an “Outsider”?
What makes…
Judith--
One opportunity is Teen Ink (http://www.teenink.com). This is a publication for teens only, ages 13-19, to submit and publish their work. The one draw back I found is that once accepted, Teen Ink keeps all rights to the work. This means ki…
Bill,
You have it wrong. I didn't say the theory has not had wide influence. I never said anything like that. I agree that it has had wide influence. What I said was I've never heard of teachers labeling themselves as constructivists or nonconstruct…
The Ugly Truth is that my number one goal for my students right now has to be to raise their 2010 standardized test scores.
I find it disturbing, off-base, heart-wrenching, and almost something shameful to admit. However, NCLB has my entire school'…
I am in search of a novel set during the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era. It will be used in a 10th grade history class; most of the students are struggling readers. The teacher would like to stay away from the "big name classics." He wants something…
Yay Doug! He was one of my teachers in pre-teaching grad school (itp.nyu.edu), and I'm a huge fan of his work. Thanks for posting this, Frank. I'm really excited to see what these guys have come up with this time.
I am looking for opportunities for high school students to publish their writing. I am in VT. We are part of the NWP and can certainly offer that to our students. I know about the Mountain Review, but I would really appreciate other venues where stu…
Oh, a marvelous poem, Carol -- by one of my favorite poets. In graduate school far back in the 60's, I took a creative writing class from Bly at the University of Kansas, and have never forgotten it. Thanks for the connection.
I actually do have a plan (I also have a yearly book filled with objectives). I just can't say I have a detailed plan. I found it easier to plan for 90 minute block lessons than the 45 minutes we have at this school which makes me feel like I am in…
Oh I do! I just had a tutorial with a final year student, who thank me for introducing her to philosophy. It's just that the rest of it sucks up so much time.
Andy,
The fact that you have not heard of it doesn't mean the theory has not had a wide influence. Nearly every school of education in America now promotes "constructivist" ideas, and it is why many of our student teachers are not receiving some of…
How about this for a poetic connection to your posting, Hamilton?
Gratitude to Old Teachers by Robert Bly
When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake,
We place our feet where they have never been.
We walk upon the unwalked. But we are uneasy.…
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