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20Time Project – Update #2
This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students will participate in
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This post is part of an occasional series documenting my entry into project-based learning. This semester, my students will participate in
How to make my blood boil: Imagine we’ve just had an intensely wonderful class discussion on a weighty topic. I
Common Core is in love with argumentation. Thumb through the CCSS and you’ll see that wily little Argument knocked out
Maybe it’s the former journalist in me (in third grade, I knew I’d be Lois Lane when I grew up),
On my campus, teachers are not supposed to host class holiday parties. Like Bob Cratchit earning each and every pence,
I just finished grading my first batch of ninth-grade essays (farewell, summer – it was fun) and Stephen King is
As every English teacher knows, dystopian young adult literature is on fire. Hunger Games. The Maze Runner. Divergent. Matched. Uglies.
We need our students to write regularly for a variety of purposes on different topics, but don’t want to hear
Way back in elementary school, we all made acrostic poems. These were the go-to move for teachers who needed us
When you’re not feeling well, the last thing you want to do is pull together a sub plan. This year,