Assessments… Tuesdays with Morrie – Quiz 1 15 Sep 201522 Oct 2015 After going through the book for several days as a class and having short Journal assignments and discussion, I decided to have a reading pop-quiz. This was over the first…
Assignments… ALS Web Quest 15 Sep 201517 Nov 2023 Sometimes to understand a concept fully, students need to research and learn about the concept outside of the classroom discussion. This I've learned with Tuesdays with Morrie and his condition ALS [Amyotrophic…
Assessments… Employability Skills 14 Sep 201528 Sep 2015 What are 'Employability Skills'? That was one of my first questions heading into my student teaching placement at Mason City High School. According to MCHS and the rest of the district,…
English 10… Journal 1 – Connecting Student Lives to Tuesdays with Morrie 11 Sep 201518 Oct 2015 Students connect with a text when they are able to relate the content to their personal lives and make deeper, more personal connections. Continue reading "Journal 1 – Connecting Student…
Assignments… Who Is Morrie Schwartz? 10 Sep 201519 Oct 2015 To introduce my students to the book, Tuesday with Morrie, and the main characters, I had my students close their eyes and listen as I read aloud.Continue reading "Who Is Morrie Schwartz?"
English 10… Connecting Lessons to Real-Life: ALS & The Ice-Bucket Challenge 9 Sep 201517 Nov 2023 As an intro activity to my English 10 class' first major reading, Tuesdays with Morrie, I wanted to talk about ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease) and the complications of that…
