Remember that moving the classroom around may create some excitement, but will possibly prove effective at solving little things. Students sometimes surprise us with what works…and what doesn’t.
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Introduce a Text with a quote from other texts
Using novel quotes to introduce paired text units and/or short stories and poems. Here are a few from seventeenth-century writer John Milton. It offers thought processing and making connections with similar inner themes within texts. “For what can war but endless war still breed?” This quote is great for a text like “Lord of theContinue reading “Introduce a Text with a quote from other texts”
Teach a quote of the week. Here is why and how.
Why? Teaching quotes from different sources broadens their critical thinking, is often researched based when using educational gurus, increases exposure to more historical names and events, and increases vocabulary. How? Find your own or look around the net for teachers who have already created them for the year. One for each week. Some have evenContinue reading “Teach a quote of the week. Here is why and how.”
Teaching secret-make anything you are teaching into a game. Tech Tip.
SPINNERS! Yes, spinners. Make a spinner two different ways. (Hint: Them make online spinners and phone/tablet apps you can edit.) To fit any worksheet or premade questions broadcast on your screen a set of questions: If you want it to generate for any sheet, make a spinner with up to 30 or 50 numbers goingContinue reading “Teaching secret-make anything you are teaching into a game. Tech Tip.”
Introducing texts with famous, or not so famous, art images (paintings)
Use painting like “The Mona Lisa” by DaVinci to introduce a text. Something simple and yet meaningful is analyzing what she was thinking. Make up a story to it. Show the scene from the movie “Ever After” where DaVinci is asked what she was thinking and replies. Explore what secrets any character can hold thatContinue reading “Introducing texts with famous, or not so famous, art images (paintings)”
Small Group Guides-You don’t have to “shoot in the dark”- Teach yourself how to facilitate a classroom full of small groups going at the same time.
What? More than one small group at one time! Try having 4-5 small groups at one time. What? How do I do that? Step one is planning the way you want students to run their own group tasks and goals you want met at the end of each class as well as unit. It soundsContinue reading “Small Group Guides-You don’t have to “shoot in the dark”- Teach yourself how to facilitate a classroom full of small groups going at the same time.”
O. Henry Quotes to Introduce an O. Henry Unit-Literary Quotes Friday
“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.” -Gift of the Magi ” And then I told him that my scheme was to put the whole job through immediately and that we would get the ransom and be off with it by midnight if old Dorset fell in with our proposition.”Continue reading “O. Henry Quotes to Introduce an O. Henry Unit-Literary Quotes Friday”
Wednesday Tech Tip
If using Google Classroom, always attach a blank document for students to write their essays or classwork in for two reasons… You can see their work from your own computer and can therefore monitor, make comments for editing and revisions, and use their samples for teaching purposes by copying and pasting into a clean documentContinue reading “Wednesday Tech Tip”
ELA On The Move 