Increase the fun factor in your classroom with these ideas that’ll help create a memorable year for your students and a few chuckles for you:
Teach on, everyone!
Need a quick way to help students build analysis skills? Use short works. In the past, I’ve talked about using
State testing. Field trips. Weird last-minute assembly schedules that turn your day upside down. No matter how well a teacher
I’m about 100 years late to the party, but I just discovered Katherine Mansfield’s “The Doll’s House” and need to
Long ago, I dropped traditional grammar instruction for my high school classes in favor of quick hits and individualized feedback.
Need a quick way to help students build analysis skills? Use short works. In the past, I’ve talked about using
Fine art can help students develop analysis skills in quick, small doses. Ideally, those skills will transfer to literary analysis
Thank you for validating my tutu for Homecoming Week! =D
You are just simply…. the best; your students must adore you. I dream of colleagues like you! Thank you for the reminder to have fun. Also… LOVING the video! Great to ‘meet’ you.
I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiment, Laura! We have to laugh at ourselves on occasion. I like your Dum-Dums idea. Keep having a fun year, and thanks for being an inspiration.
Man, I thought *I* was the Fun Teacher – but your ideas are terrific. I’m going to pick up a giant bag of Dum Dums today, which will provide endless fun as I am finding it harder & harder as the years go by to remember names.
And relax about the Lens Flare. If JJ Abrams can do it in every movie, you can claim artistic license. 🙂
I could watch your videos all day! Love, love, love your enthusiasm as always!
Teresa: Indeed! Go rock that tutu, girl!
Stacey: I, too, wish we taught together. With your style and my sass, we would OWN the English department. Too bad we’re so very, very far away from each other…
Michelle: Thanks so much! Glad you found a sweet nugget of an idea here.
TechLady911: Oh, so. many. names. And, I agree, it does seem harder now than it did ten years ago. Maybe the face/name recognition portions of our brains are just saturated at this point? I’m also digging your “artistic license” idea. That’s it! Not only did I want to blind you while you were watching, but I also totally intended for my voice to sound like it was echoing from the bottom of a well. That’s my craftsmanship as a filmmaker at work. 😉
Meg: Thanks, as always, for YOUR enthusiastic support. So grateful that you found me all those years ago!