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…
Honors 10… Peer Editing 2 Oct 20156 Oct 2015 Peer editing is a wonderful tool...if done effectively. When students read one another's work, they are able to see and fix errors in their peers' papers, as well as translate…
American Seminar 11… Scarlet Letter Discussion Groups 30 Sep 201517 Oct 2015 My American Seminar students have read up through chapter 18 in The Scarlet Letter. This point in the novel is filled with important themes, changes, symbols, and relationships, and to make sure…
Assessments… Is Love Rational or Irrational? [Part 2] 22 Sep 201518 Oct 2015 This lesson is a follow-up to Is Love Rational or Irrational? [Part 1], which is primarily focused on the question of love being rational or not. Continue reading "Is Love Rational…
High School… Old Man and the Sea Projects 18 Sep 201518 Oct 2015 For today's lesson, I wanted to spice things up a bit. Over the past few days, the students in my Honors 10 classes had read The Old Man and the Sea…
Behavior Management… Name Tags! 4 Sep 201521 Oct 2015 One of the first activities I had my new students do is make name tags. Okay, sounds a little elementary, right? Wrong. Even though making name tags on the first…
