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Midsummer Night's Dream - HELP!
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But I think I need to work on incorporating my readings into my practice.
Mark, I know what you mean, but I don't want to miss any of the book discussions for fear I'll miss something really good. Even though I'll be in summer school next summer, I…
Does anyone else see any trends in your reading over the past year?
Yes, Gary, the single most influencial force impacting my reading is the EC Ning! I can connect the ning to almost every reading choice I made in 2009. I have read more professiona…
The Shakespeare Set Free series from Folger has a book with AMND ideas in it. It will be the best 10 to 20 bucks you could spend on AMND materials, in my humble opinion.
I agree w/ Denee. Get the "Shakespeare Set Free" and use the curriculum. Every…
I actually have only one rule in my room: You may do nothing to create a problem for another person in the room. We do some role-playing at the beginning of the trimester in which students create scenarios that illustrate how we avoid creating probl…
Hi, Nilda~
First, I think most teachers can relate to your frustrations. I really like Carla's suggestions. I teach English and speech and have found that the more choice my students have (or think they have), the better they like the class and the…
What motivates writers to work harder? What gets in their way?
I had an interesting experience w/ writing circles Friday. After the groups shared w/ others in their group, a student in one group asked if a member of her group could share, of course…
When the students submit their drafts, they place a focusing question(s) at the top --
Love this idea. I'm stealing it. Thank you. Also, I think it would be good to use this technique in peer evaluating.
I love King of the Mild Frontier, especially the story about the glow in the dark "Jesus" that his brother broke.
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Comment Wall (28 comments)
- At 7:34pm on December 2, 2009,
Daniel Sharkovitz said… - Hi Glenda,
Just saw your comment about Jay Halio. How did you meet him? And how's he doing? I met him several years ago when I participated in an NEH Seminar he taught at the U of Del. and for 3 weeks in Stratford upon Avon. It was a great experience.
Thank you.
Dan
- At 3:08am on December 1, 2009,
Penny Kittle said…
- I love that story.. what an awesome model you were for students of the discovery that writing brings. Thanks for sharing.
- At 9:19pm on November 24, 2009,
Denee Tyler said…
- Well, what do you know, we are neighbors! I have some good friends up your way.
- At 3:50pm on November 24, 2009,
Mardie said… - Glenda,
Thank you for such kind words on the book club thread. I haven't read Anna Quindlan's book as of yet, but it sounds like my kind of book. Thanks for the recommendation.
- At 6:42pm on September 16, 2009,
Carla Watts said… - Glenda,
Just wanted to tell you that I so appreciate the info you put out in the ECN book group about Love and Logic. I ordered many of the books and have been reading them. I really love the philosophy and many of the things I was already doing. When I told my friend and collegue about part of it, she said that it sounded just like me. Thanks again.
- At 7:23pm on August 4, 2009,
Maja Wilson said… - So sorry--I've been traveling and am just getting caught up on my email and ning stuff! I'm glad you felt liberated. Exactly why I wrote it.
As for Elbow...Elbow is one of my heroes, but I didn't even think of the connection to The Elbow Wars with my brother! We really just tortured each other mercilessly with our pointy kid elbows. I just capitalized it because it took on epic proportions!
- At 8:27pm on August 2, 2009,
Nina English said… - I'll have to ask my friends if they know her. :)
- At 9:52am on July 31, 2009,
Nina English said…
- Small world! Great to meet you on here.
I'd be curious to know who your cousin is. I didn't go to Carthage, but several of my friends did. Have a great day!
- At 10:46am on July 30, 2009,
Nina English said…
- Yes! I teach at Joplin school district, live in Carthage. I have lived in this area for about five years now.
I'm at East Middle School (the old South Middle School staff) getting ready to start the year in a brand-new building East of Duquesne at 20th street.
What a small world! How long have you been away from the area?
Do you like Ning? I'm trying to set up a book discussion site for students, think I'll like it.
- At 9:13pm on June 25, 2009,
Jen P said… - Thanks, Glenda -- I'll be stopping by my work too, sometime next week, and will pick up the LoP stuff I have to share
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Michael writes:
Most often it's [constructivism in practice] not that extreme, but usually it tends to share in the general progressive antipathy to "mere" knowledge and hostility to the "sage on a stage" or any sage anywhere.
This is mere caricat…
It seems like a lot of kids don't care for details. Spelling, anyone? I have had the same problem especially with the transfer. You would think that after teaching students how to use parenthetical citation and then correcting their mistakes on thei…
I believe comedy is underrepresented. My students often complain about the depressing works we read (12 grade, but they also say that about previous English courses). We added Much Ado About Nothing a dozen years ago as something of a balance to Ham…
Hi Pat, I have never done these myself, but there are some great examples at VocabAhead Vocab Videos which also contains links to digital resources to help students create their videos. While most of the videos are done professionally, there is at l…
Hi Pat, I have never done these myself, but there are some great examples at VocabAhead Vocab Videos which also contains links to digital resources to help students create their videos. While most of the videos are done professionally, there is at l…
Thanks for your reply -- it was very helpful. I think I understand what you are saying -- kids do try to craft a dazzling sentence, rather than one with insight. And something simple can be insightful. But my concern is really the thinking behind th…
I would say comedy is underrepresented. My students have nicknamed my class "AP Sex & Death" as we tend to go to the dark side. I do try to use some comedy in preparation for a Q3 comedy prompt. We do use A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Color Purple…
Your "rambling" is fantastic. So much good advice. You know, I'm actually looking forward to writing now. I feel like I've got a handle on it.
Thanks for all of your comments.
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…
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