Common Curriculum is a website that lets me set up my plans in a way that works for me–and then rearrange my plans in a way that works for me too! After all, the best laid plans of mice and men are always going to do what best laid plans do. Read more…
Sometimes I do very academic, very Englishy things with my students. Overall, I want to engage students in the work of the real world, tasks with immediate relevance. Sometimes, though, I want to to make sure they are prepared for the academics-for-their-own-sake literary style of analysis that will be required Read more…
The objectives and activities for the day must always be neatly markered on my classroom whiteboard for students and principal to see. Wouldn’t it be great if I could put that same information online without having to retype everything I just wrote out in pretty colors? Couldn’t I just take Read more…
Long have I despaired of being able to keep PBL groups moving forward at varying paces. Do I let the hares work on other classwork while the tortoises catch up? Do I demand everyone complete the same tasks at the same time? Do I set up a secret security camera Read more…
Just as Dra. Moser said: the student writer needs “organizational support”! The example that provided suggestions for segmenting chunks a writing assignment was just what I needed to get started! With the format that included a context/set-up scenario, followed by a description of the type of text to be produced, Read more…