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Peer Reading

12 Oct 201519 Oct 2015

Okay, I thought. We'll see how this goes. I stood at the front of the class. "Today we're going to finish the book. I'd like you to find a partner of your…

Point of View Paper

12 Oct 201519 Oct 2015

To change up activities for To Kill a Mockingbird, I had the students write the scene at the Radley House (where Jem, Scout, and Dill try to peer through the window and…

Pop Quiz – Ch. 3-4

10 Oct 201519 Oct 2015

Four chapters in to the book? Pop quiz time! Call me a mean teacher, but I wanted to check that my students were reading, so I gave them a quiz…

“Graduation” and “Conclusion” Scaffolded Notes

9 Oct 201519 Oct 2015

After reading aloud and realizing that my students were struggling with comprehension, I decided to create a set of scaffolded notes for them to take home over the weekend and…

American Seminar 11…

Modern-Day Scarlet Letters

8 Oct 201517 Oct 2015

I truly believe that students learn best when they are asked to relate content to their personal lives. That was my goal with this ending, fun activity--Modern-Day Scarlet Letters--applying the…

Journal 4 – The “Nightline” Show

8 Oct 201522 Oct 2015

As I begin to wrap up Tuesdays with Morrie in my English 10 classes, I wanted to give students the opportunity to form an opinion. Some of my students love the book.…