English 10… Poetry Workshop 2 Oct 201519 Oct 2015 To connect on a deeper, more personal level to Tuesdays with Morrie, I had my students write poems about their 'Morries', the influential people in their lives.Continue reading "Poetry Workshop"
American Seminar 11… Forest Scene Story 2 Oct 201518 Oct 2015 Okay, I'll admit it...sometimes reading The Scarlet Letter and its Old English can be difficult, and a little dry. I wanted my students to take a break for a minute and do…
Assessments… Who’s My Morrie? 30 Sep 20153 Dec 2015 I wanted to switch up activities in my English 10 classes and instead of having them write another journal or essay-type of response, I decided to have them write two poems.…
High School… Old Man and the Sea Outline 24 Sep 201519 Oct 2015 My Honors kids have been struggling with thesis statements. They have great ideas, they just aren't articulating them into arguments. And thus their papers (and grades) are suffering. So I…
High School… Old Man and the Sea – Paper Topics 23 Sep 201518 Oct 2015 Now that my students have presented on the Old Man and the Sea, their next objective was to write a paper on the book...but just like with the projects, I…
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…
