Emily Dickinson’s poems are a great author study for teaching compare and contrast the teaching objective. Using close reading strategies, literature circles, gallery walk, or the Socratic method are all great for teaching the following poems. Using higher-order thinking questions, have students compare and contrast the following poems for similar and contrasting themes, tones, poeticContinue reading “Author Study of Emily Dickinson Ideas Teaching Compare/Contrast Teaching Objective”
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Classic Fiction Quotes that Set of a Paired Text Unit Ideas
“I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which did not have something to say on women’s fickleness.” – C. Harvile, “But they were all written by men.” -Anne Elliot Oof! It seems that when a text is written by a female, perhaps the telling is different than by a man.Continue reading “Classic Fiction Quotes that Set of a Paired Text Unit Ideas”
Character Development- digging deeper
Sometimes we need to dig deeper into what the author might do to develop the characters inside a story. How were they created in the first place? How did their attributes develop? Were they they before the novel started or created as the story developed? Close reading practices should analyze characters for deep understanding justContinue reading “Character Development- digging deeper”
Great poem alternatives on snow days.
What about the students that need a break from snow. What poems can be taught in isolation or paired with a unit and taught on the fly in a teachable moment. Some that may even create a bit of irony or focus on tomorrow. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost. (Yes, it means theContinue reading “Great poem alternatives on snow days.”
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.”
Neverending Story-Motivating students to free write with Neverending Story and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg Year-Long Project DOK 2 and 3
Over the years, freewriting has been a must have in the classroom to foster creativity and love of writing, but it has the possibility to do much more. Here is just one idea of how to foster the creativity and incorporate higher order objectives into what I call the Neverending Story. Yes, it is based off theContinue reading “Neverending Story-Motivating students to free write with Neverending Story and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg Year-Long Project DOK 2 and 3”
ELA On The Move 