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Discoveries

I don't want to pack or clean, and most of my books and TV have already moved ahead of me. And so, I have been perusing the bloglines subscription to National Geographic and discovered the following fun tidbits. I can'…
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…
Strategy Re-Hash: English Honors

Text Selection I think that the way I had students choose a story at the beginning of the semester was kind of lame and half-baked. I don't know what it was, but it just wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped. Maybe it w…
Will it work?

Starters Brainstorm Previously I have done a brief analysis of starters I have used in the past and their general lack of efficacy. I think I'm going to have to suck it up and scrap the idea of a uniform approach to st…
More Plans and the Disappointment Factor

If there is anything I have learned so far in my quest to become a brilliant educator, it is to take into account the disappointment factor. My fellow teachers, hark back to your Methods days, those days when you looked…
Strategies Re-Hash: English/Spanish

English -- Reading -- Post-its This is a strategy to which I was introduced, really, as early as 11th grade. I remember Bancroft--the bald-headed inspiration for my English teaching career--having us write notes as we …
Audacity is a wonderful thing. With it, I have been able to cut and paste just the parts of the following songs that include forms of ser, estar, and various -ar ending verbs the young ones should know. "Un idiota" -- …
One THOUSAND Stickers!

Check it out! I ordered these banderita stickers a while back and was beginning to think they would NEVER come! But here they are, in all of their Mexican glory! You see, my French teacher, she of the oodles of aid s…
Reading: Measurement and Motivation

I can think of three main ways to measure whether a class--or a student has read: discussion, study guides, and quizzes. While being left out of discussion is enough of a deterrent for high achievers and suck-ups, for…