Now that school is underway, and you’ve taken time to introduce to students the functions of sentences in an academic paragraph, the time has come to gradually release the responsibility to them. For this week, you are going to have …
I like to begin teaching archetypes with the fairy tale. One of my favorite fairy tales is “Sleeping Beauty.” At the beginning of this popular fairy tale, the reader is introduced to the King and the Queen. To begin, a teacher …
Now, you are ready to WRITE WITH THE STUDENTS. You are going to lead this dynamic endeavor. Rest up, because this is hard but rewarding work. Decide which prompt you would like to use. Last week, I divided the S&S …
Dear Dr. D’ My students do not know how to put quoted material in their essays? Can you help me? Margaret Dear Margaret, My friend, Shelly Cook, calls this strategy “Avoiding the Kerplunk Effect,” and I love that …
Week Three: Some of you might have asked your students to come to class today having watched a sports event on the weekend and bringing examples of play-by-play CDs and color commentator CMs. If so, use the first half of …
Week Three: Some of you might have asked your students to come to class today having watched a sports event on the weekend and bringing examples of play-by-play CDs and color commentator CMs. If so, use the first half of …
Week Three: Some of you might have asked your students to come to class today having watched a sports event on the weekend and bringing examples of play-by-play CDs and color commentator CMs. If so, use the first half of …
Week Three: Some of you might have asked your students to come to class today having watched a sports event on the weekend and bringing examples of play-by-play CDs and color commentator CMs. If so, use the first half of …
Dear Dr. D’ I want to teach the writing program, a literary work, grammar, vocabulary. I don’t know where to start or how to get it all in. I wanted to begin with Mildred Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My …
Jane’s #4 Non-Negotiable: Common Terminology for the Paragraph and Essay Helps Students Learn. In my years of teaching, I have witnessed the frustration of students who go from one class to another and are required to learn new terminology for the …