literature – Teaching English Language Arts

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…

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…

Teacher Writes; Students Pattern

March 9, 2015April 5, 2019 by admin

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[caption id="attachment_6961" align="alignleft" width="156"] Image[/caption] The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Sonnets Ms. Nancy Himel, teacher from LA School District, and her class studiied "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and then she invited them to capture the tale in fourteen words, ending in a rhymed couplet! First, Ms.…

Talking and Writing about LOVE

February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 by admin

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Vocabulary of Love Valentine’s Day Activity Refer to the most recent reading or topic you’ve studied with your class. Ask students to consider way(s) that love could have helped resolve the issues faced by the characters/people in that reading? This, of course, should lead to discussion of different kinds if…

Cultural Considerations

December 28, 2013December 13, 2013 by admin

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Colors, Symbols and Numbers Many teachers today wish to remain open to the personal responses their students have to text and some even give students the option to chose some artistic or visually graphic product to show what they know. If you are like me, you may not be aware…

Literacy History Project

March 1, 2013September 9, 2013 by admin

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Literacy History Teri Le Sage designed this project to accompany her students' study of "A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER, Ishmael Beah tells his experience as a child soldier from Sierra Leone", and Elie Wiesel's memoir NIGHT, about "a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at…

Random Walk through a Book

February 4, 2013January 31, 2013 by admin

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Taking a Random Walk through the Book: An alternative way to introduce a new fiction on non-fiction reading *****Ask students to write on a piece of paper any ten numbers between the first and last page number of the book you are using. For example, 3,7, 27, 59, 78, 87,…

Customize Your Rubrics

January 28, 2013April 10, 2017 by admin

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Six Traits © Rubrics - Customized Here are samples of the Six Traits © Rubrics for Writing that has been customized to highlight specific requirements for specific assignments. When using the General Grading Guidelines for Writing, it's important to show students what is required to earn each letter grade.…

Summer Reading for Students and Teachers

May 15, 2012July 28, 2012 by admin

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This sounds like a "Duh", but what is the purpose of having the students do the summer reading? How can you assess that purpose? Consider creating a list and include at least one common, required book ----- to set the tone for the year using a book to introduce…

Generating Thesis to Express Emotional Response

December 1, 2011September 9, 2013 by admin

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Writing - Generate Thesis Sometimes it is helpful for students to be released to express their emotional responses to literature. Being objective is tough and writing personally can be a step to writing more objectively. Anyway, whatever words, phrases, or images the writers choose to use reveals their attitudes toward…

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