Differentiation / Accommodations… My ELL Student 21 Sep 201525 Sep 2015 Having a student that struggles with English is difficult, even frustrating at times. Continue reading "My ELL Student"
English 10… Connecting to Tuesdays with Morrie – Making Bucket Lists! 18 Sep 201519 Oct 2015 Today was a shortened day because of Homecoming. Classes were only twenty minutes, but I still wanted my students to do something pertaining to Tuesdays with Morrie, while being fun! So I…
Assessments… Tension of Opposites 17 Sep 201522 Oct 2015 One of the major themes early in Tuesdays with Morrie is tension, or 'Tension of Opposites,' as Morrie himself names it. Continue reading "Tension of Opposites"
Assignments… Task List/Work Day 17 Sep 201519 Oct 2015 What's the solution to disruptive, easily-distracted students while not taking anything away from productive, doing-what-they're-supposed-to students? For me, and for my English 10 classes, the solution was a Task List/Work…
English 10… Who Am I/My Culture Paper 16 Sep 201522 Oct 2015 For one of the first major writing assignments in my English 10 classroom, I decided to have the students write a paper about three items that define them, 'Who Am…
Assignments… Who Am I/My Culture Assignment 16 Sep 201522 Oct 2015 To dig a little deeper and connect my Tuesdays with Morrie unit to Narrative writing, which my students have and will be doing for the remainder of the year, I decided to…