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  • Don't Read "I Won't Learn from You"

    It is fair to say that my response to Kohl's "masterpiece" was spoiled in two ways: one, douglasm, a fellow blogger whose views I hold in generally high regard, reported being "underwhelmed" by it; two, I started reading…

  • Teaching Candide

    Pre-Reading My honors kiddos voted to read Candide. I think the vote was largely due to CB's description of the monkey lovers in Chapter 16, and possibly the pictures. You see, the class set of Candide that inhabits o…

  • Not-learning

    Though the similarity in surnames between Kohl and Mr. Homework-is-killing-our-kids Kohn caused me a moment's skepticism, I could not resist Kohl's promise to fill me in on what was going on why perfectly capable yet pug…

  • Booked up

    There they were, silently reviewing each other's researched cultural stories. Then they were carefully re-touching and transferring their own stories to their "mock-ups," probably dreaming of writing real books in a mat…

  • Try, try again

    Cool things happened today. First of all, I passed the discussion leading buck to the kiddos as of Monday, having set up pairs to come up with questions for each night's reading in Nectar in a Sieve. After the first tw…

  • Shiny newness!

    I am so excited! My dear, wonderful friend, Ms. Cole, of media center fame, has been handing out the book money like candy this week. I've been impressed with A Long Way Gone (did you see the author on The Daily Show l…

  • New obsession

    There was a time that I couldn't stop planning and obsessing with teaching, how to get through to the goobers and create the ultimate project/plan/learning experience. That particular obsession had a pretty good run, at…

  • English Advancements

    Independent Reading I think a majority of my honors kiddos have already read a book they selected on their own, something they didn't have to have done until January. This tells me a few things. For one, perhaps bookt…

  • Thankful for NCTE Treats

    Picture Books For English Not My Fault by Leif Kristiansson and Dick Stenberg A powerful book that will tie in beautifully with the social issues project. The saleslady gave me a really cool idea how to maximi…

  • Open House Memorial

    Today, friends, we mourn the passing of over cherished contributors. Was it for the good of the whole that these souls were lost to us, or was it merely chance, cruel and without reason? Whatever the reason, they will…