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”
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Friday Teaching with Quotes-More from Robert Frost
“So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.” Stories that send the message that money isn’t everything or money doesn’t bring happiness are great with this quote being posted as the introduction to the text. “King Midas” is great paired with any text that centers around or involves the idea. “Home is the placeContinue reading “Friday Teaching with Quotes-More from Robert Frost”
Poetry quotes to teach with “Romeo and Juliet”
“I only know we loved in vain; I only feel–farewell! farewell.” -Lord Byron, “Farewell! If Ever Fondest Prayer” “Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.” -Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Two in the Campagna” “The Devil hath not, in all his quiver’s choice, An arrow for the heart like a sweetContinue reading “Poetry quotes to teach with “Romeo and Juliet””
Teaching Middle School ELA with motivating strategies to engage students using all learning styles and higher order thinking
Let’s dig right into the meat of what we are here for! A student favorite, using artifacts and props to teach a text is by far, my teacher favorite as well. An example we will use to give an accurate picture will be “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut thought Tell-Tale Heart comes in a closeContinue reading “Teaching Middle School ELA with motivating strategies to engage students using all learning styles and higher order thinking”
Teaching “Night” by Wiesel
Night by Elie Wiesel is an excellent short text for a first-hand account of concentration camps during World . 2 Here are a few give-aways to get the unit started in your classroom. Essential Questions: How can we justify and understand tragedies like the Holocaust? What about autobiographies, true stories of people’s lives? How doesContinue reading “Teaching “Night” by Wiesel”
Close Reading Techniques
Close reading isn’t magic. In fact, it is probably in the textbook you have in your adoption. Try pulling it out to see an example. The problem most of the time with the textbook examples is simply the questioning techniques and levels. They are rarely high enough on the DOK levels. So where do IContinue reading “Close Reading Techniques”
Using the movie, “Pagemaster” as a year-long project
Showing this movie alone motivates students to read classic fiction. Try showing it to older students or showing a clip of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde scene before reading the book or the Moby Dick scene before the book. The Moby Dick scene is great to use before reading a non-fiction text of variousContinue reading “Using the movie, “Pagemaster” as a year-long project”
Friday Teaching with Quotes- Introducing a text with quotes from Robert Frost’s works
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” SO many stories need this reminder. Try adding this quote somewhere in the middle of teaching a text where the character needs to learn that lesson. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by,AndContinue reading “Friday Teaching with Quotes- Introducing a text with quotes from Robert Frost’s works”
Introducing texts with song lyrics-Motivating students to make real world connections
There are so many possibilities here, it will take several posts to get an overall true picture of how fruitful adding song lyrics to your introduction sets inside lesson plans will gain you. So let’s get to it. Let’s start with the name of the theme for the unit and/or the essential question. Let’s chooseContinue reading “Introducing texts with song lyrics-Motivating students to make real world connections”
Valentine’s Day Classic Poetry quotes that can be taught elementary and up! Make the holiday educationally rewarding.
“Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine,Unwind the solemn twine, and tie my Valentine!” -Emily Dickinson “The Sunrise-Sir-compelleth Me-Because He’s Sunrise-and I see-Therefore-Then-I love Thee-” -Emily Dickinson “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” -Elizabeth BarrettContinue reading “Valentine’s Day Classic Poetry quotes that can be taught elementary and up! Make the holiday educationally rewarding.”
ELA On The Move 