High School… Complete 6-Week Unit for Tuesdays with Morrie 3 Dec 20154 Dec 2015 Tuesdays with Morrie is an amazing novel. It deals with death, love, hardship, family, friendship, faith, and positivity, and is an amazing book for high schoolers to read. In my student…
Assignments… Compare & Contrast – Tuesdays with Morrie Movie 15 Oct 201519 Oct 2015 My kids finished reading Tuesdays with Morrie! Yay! To complete the unit, I wanted the students to watch the movie and to compare the book and the movie--understanding literature through multiple…
English 10… Who Is Morrie Now? 15 Oct 201519 Oct 2015 As a closing and wrap-up activity for Tuesdays with Morrie, I asked my students to take out their drawings from the beginning of the semester, there initial pictures of who Morrie was.Continue…
English 10… Life Lessons From Morrie – Final Paper 13 Oct 201518 Oct 2015 Tuesdays with Morrie is a wonderful book; probably one of my favorites. I love that it's so personal, so confessional, so motivational, and most importantly, so relatable. Continue reading "Life…
Differentiation / Accommodations… 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…
Assignments… “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…