high school – Teaching English Language Arts

Gaining Cultural Insight: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

August 20, 2019July 30, 2019 by admin

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Gaining Cultural Insight This opening of the school year assignment, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? is a novel way to invite students to write a narrative essay based on two different books or literary works. It also can be adapted for history, science or math classes. Rather than focus on…

Ready for New School Year?

August 3, 2019July 31, 2019 by admin

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New School Year - Are you ready? “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something I can do.” (Hale, 1870) For many educators, the beginning of…

Sensitivity to Holidays

July 5, 2019July 31, 2019 by admin

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Writing About the Holidays The holiday season, for many, extends from November through February. Families will be celebrating Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year at various times during these months. Writing about holidays is a wonderful way to share cultures in words, pictures, and music. Yes, holidays also…

Shakespeare’s Birthday

March 28, 2019March 29, 2019 by admin

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Happy 455th Birthday, Will! April 23rd is the day many celebrate the birth of William Shakespeare, one of the more widely read dramatists of all times.This year is his 455th! Prepare your students to understand Elizabethan society a little better. Have a go with your students and have them take…

COLORS, ARRANGEMENT AND STORIES

January 22, 2019February 12, 2019 by admin

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Critical Thinking in Colors and Shapes Colors and arrangements can be used evoke different moods, different personalities, and different feelings. Spend at least five minutes looking closely at this painting, Nine Colors by Ellsworth Kelly. 1. What do you notice about the colors and arrangement of these circles on a…

National African American Read-In

December 7, 2018October 10, 2018 by admin

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Reading Together Anywhere My book is recommended this year for the The National African American Read-In Sponsored by the Black Caucus of NCTE and NCTE In February 2019, you may hold an African American Read-In event any day of the month February 1-Friday, February 28, 2019 Schools, churches, libraries, bookstores,…

Advertisement Analysis Assignment

October 28, 2018October 28, 2019 by admin

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Persuasion - Advertisements One way to introduce students to the power of persuasion and to show them evidence of logical fallacies is to have them analyze advertisements in print and digital media. You can have students write and post their analysis or present their findings in a speech using visual…

Women’s History Month – What’s New About Sexual Harassment?

March 4, 2018September 28, 2018 by admin

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Handmaid’s Tale- Characters and Current Events Literature and Life The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a particularly effective text in a unit on WOMEN'S HISTOR, DYSTOPIA or one linked to CURRENT EVENTS. I've found the unit to be more engaging when I asked to the students to look for…

Books for Boys

November 25, 2017December 4, 2017 by admin

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Perhaps, because so many elementary and middle school teachers are female, the books on our standard reading lists tend to appeal more to students of that same gender. Not sure if that's the case, but admittedly teachers of young men in all grades recognize that our male students often are…

OKAY LATE Pass

September 16, 2016September 16, 2016 by admin

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MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF High school and college students often have complex schedules. Events in and out of school that are beyond their control can cause them to skip assignments or endure penalties for late ones. The issue may arise due to sports, arts, a big project in another class, work, family, or…

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