Common Core Objective Study. Need an opportune quote for the moment a character in the book messes up? Here’s one. “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt.” 0 Abraham Lincoln When a character from the book you are reading in class makes a mistake withContinue reading “Common Core Objective Study. Need an opportune quote for the moment a character in the book messes up? Here’s one.”
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Teaching excerpts of classic novels to younger students. Why it is a good idea. “Treasure Island” activities included.
Teaching younger students excerpts of classic novels sets up a subconscious knowing of stories in their schema toolbox that lend to understanding higher texts in the future. The teacher is forced to teach the vocabulary for understanding. Character situations create complex story lines that stretch their minds beyond “The dog chased the cat…” For example,Continue reading “Teaching excerpts of classic novels to younger students. Why it is a good idea. “Treasure Island” activities included.”
When in doubt…read. Reading is the number one “schooling” if you need to know where to start.
Whether homeschooling or distance learning or learning to assign digital content…if you stick with reading material then you have not just a good start but also and great foundation. With the exception of extensive mathematics, all subjects can be taught. Websites like newsela.com and commonlit.com help any teacher assign articles and stories related to theirContinue reading “When in doubt…read. Reading is the number one “schooling” if you need to know where to start.”
How to organize lesson plans to include DOK 2 and 3?
Let’s dig right in and give examples, then explain. Close Reading needs to be your BESTIE! Include questioning techniques, vocabulary stops, and text comparisons all throughout your taught text. For the first time you teach a text and having to create your own CLOSE READING guide, add two-three good DOK 2 and 3 questions. ThenContinue reading “How to organize lesson plans to include DOK 2 and 3?”
Poetry Unit-Eliot and Frost Comparison Analysis
Analyzing poetry and it’s authors can be rewarding by digging into the psyche of the author of the poems. Let’s take a look at T. S. Eliot and Robert Frost. Both poets experienced similar experiences in their lifetime but went about expressing themselves differently in poetry. See if you can put words to the kind ofContinue reading “Poetry Unit-Eliot and Frost Comparison Analysis”
Problem Solving in today’s world.
Tackling problems isn’t something new. Tackling something head on with all the needed tools is what we are charged with giving the younger generation with every year they grow older. And then even everyday after that for we are all learners each and every day of our lives. Moving past the textbook is hard forContinue reading “Problem Solving in today’s world.”
Introducing Texts with picture books to all grade levels
Teaching picture books to middle school is not as “babyish” as you think. The students love them. It is all in how you present them. Students tend to love the visually appealing texts and make connections that they might not as easily with delving into a novel. Introducing a novel with a picture book is aContinue reading “Introducing Texts with picture books to all grade levels”
Wednesday Tech Tip-Introduce a Text with the day before’s exit ticket data
Introduce a text or objective with the data of how the students did on the exit ticket question from the day before using Google Forms. For example, you are teaching how to name the theme and what evidence from a text proves that theme. So, the day before you asked the class two questions onContinue reading “Wednesday Tech Tip-Introduce a Text with the day before’s exit ticket data”
Poe’s “Eldorado” opens up poetry week following teaching the “The Pearl”, a novella by John Steinbeck
The above image is a great bell ringer opener for a poetry unit to let students analyze. Here are a few poems to include in the unit that are used to compare and contrast off of the novella taught before the unit. By teaching a poetry unit after a novel that relates or can beContinue reading “Poe’s “Eldorado” opens up poetry week following teaching the “The Pearl”, a novella by John Steinbeck”
Quotes to Introduce the text, “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen
Ferrars and Elinor: “Love with delight discourses in my mind Upon my lady’s admirable gifts… Beyond the range of human intellect.” -Dante, “ll Convito, Trattato Terzo 1. 1 Colonel Brandon and Marianne: “I love to talk with some old lover’s ghost, Who died before the god of love was born.” – John Donne, “Love’s Deity”Continue reading “Quotes to Introduce the text, “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen”
ELA On The Move 