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| Handing in Papers on Time |
[Nov. 17th, 2009|09:44 am] |
All of the following were written by Miss Rebecca. I love this idea, great way to have pop culture, English, and music combined. :)
I totally just wrote lyrics about handing essays in on time to the tune of "Paparazzi", maybe now my children will understand the concept of due dates.
It begins with the "I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me" part -
If that essay's late, you know it's 10% off each day,
do you, do you not see.
Come on be the student superstar you know you can be,... Read More
Don't you disappoint me.
I gave you class time,
and I won't stop until that paper's mine.
Just put your name on it, staple it and give it to me.
It's so, it's so easy! |
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| The Role of the Language Arts Teacher |
[Oct. 27th, 2009|01:59 pm] |
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Right now I'm having a debate within my graduate teaching-program cohort about the role of the Language Arts teacher. Without prejudicing you by sharing my or any other side, I would like to ask you: what is (or, if you prefer, "what do you consider") the role of a Language Arts/English/Literature teacher in high school? |
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| need an idea for sub plans for 9th grade |
[Sep. 16th, 2009|08:50 pm] |
hi all.
so, tomorrow will likely be my second day in a row out this year (thank God I made it through Open House Night, at least) with the flu. UGH. I'm putting together my lesson plans and just have my two sections of 9th graders to write out. School JUST started last week, so we've been working on A Raisin in the Sun (their summer reading), which they already had a test on; I've just been using the play as a vehicle to introduce literary terms and generate class discusson, etc., so we haven't even gotten into anything - i.e., I can't have them read ahead. We're not starting Biblical Lit until next week. I could have them watch part of the movie if I knew that the school library definitely had a copy.
Any ideas of something for them to do that doesn't involve the sub having to make lots of copies OR me reading 50-ish papers over the weekend along with doing lesson plans?
Thank you! |
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| Preps |
[Sep. 14th, 2009|09:32 am] |
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I have a slightly odd question but I was hoping that I could get some feedback from you guys... I teach at a small private school (the high school has about 80 kids) and, in an attempt to employ only one full time English teacher (me) and one part time teacher, they've lumped Honors and Regular kids into the same class and give me six totally different preps with only one planning hour (including three AP classes - two English and one history). I've taught most of the classes before but I'm using different books in some of them and not all my lesson plans from previous years will be helpful. I'm also teaching one class that I've never taught before, should only be a semester-long class, but is a full year course for some reason. I've been at this school for seven years and used to only have 4 or 5 preps at the most (usually less because I would teach an honors and regular section of the same class so could use a lot of the same material in both).
I'm literally drowning in preps and feel that every single day, I have to be a bad teacher to one (or more!) class because I need to finish up prepping for the others I'm teaching. Before I go and talk to my principal about this, I was wondering if you guys could give me an idea of your teaching loads. How many different preps do you have and how much planning time are you given at your schools? Thanks for any info you can give me! |
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| Back to School |
[Sep. 11th, 2009|09:31 pm] |
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Haven't really posted much lately. How was everybody's first week back? (Or longer for some of you poor folks) I really like all my classes this year, but they are very full. Most of them have about 34 students and we've already had to get more chairs once. |
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| The Hobbit |
[Sep. 3rd, 2009|07:47 pm] |
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Hey Everyone,
I figured I would post some background before getting into my issue ... so here it is. I am currently a high school teacher in Delaware and have been awarded my first elective course! I will be teaching Creative Writing, which is supposed to combine different genres (fantasy, nonfiction, poetry, media, etc.) into one class. For the fantasy section, I was thinking of teaching The Hobbit. Two problems though. One: I have to buy the books myself. So if anyone here is from the DE region, or just has some suggestions on where to buy books for cheap, I'm all ears. Two: I've never taught it before. Any suggestions are welcome there as well. I'm excited about it and I have a few ideas already, but I'd love any extra help that comes along!
Hope everyone has a good start to the school year :) |
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| First day icebreakers and wake up call! |
[Aug. 25th, 2009|12:26 pm] |
Hello! I'm about to begin my 2nd year of teaching 9th and 10th grade English.
I was wondering what some of you did as an interesting, creative first- or second-day ice-breaker activity. Please let me know what's in your bag of tricks!
Also, I have two sections of 10th graders, and I have SIXTEEN students this year that I had last year as freshmen. Since last year was my first year of teaching EVER (and since at the time I was a maternity leave replacement) and didn't want to "rock the boat," I was extremely lenient with many things (paper due dates without the student talking to me about an extension, accepting work via e-mail ["But I sent it to you - didn't you get it?] etc.). This year is going to be a little different, and since I have so many repeat students, I want to set the tone that things are not going to be a breeze for them. (Keep in mind, I'm not doing a total 180 or changing my personality ... )
My plan is to send them away with homework on the first day of school. I think their eyes will probably bug out of their heads. Any ideas for what I could give them? They will have to take their Summer Reading Test on likely Day 3 of school, but I am not supposed to discuss the novel with them until after they take the exam. It could be a journal entry, a worksheet ... any ideas?
Thank you! |
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| Done! |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|09:55 am] |
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Wheew! I just submitted my AP Audit online. I'm not sure if the thing will be approved, but it's a start. I'm super nervous, but it's out of my hands for now. The AP administrator at our school has been sent a notification and should be approving the audit form no later than tomorrow morning. Once she gives her okay, the AP board will be able to review and approve/deny my syllabus.
It's all I can think about. Bah! |
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| Maryland |
[Jul. 30th, 2009|09:18 am] |
Anyone here from Maryland? I am in New York, and I am desperately seeking English teaching jobs in Maryland, grades 7-12. I feel at a loss on where to look and how to approach the job market. Been on one website and craigslist, but there has to be a certain way to go about this that is more efficient than what I am doing.
Any help is greatly appreciated! TIA. |
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| High School Film Studies |
[Jul. 13th, 2009|02:36 pm] |
Hey everyone,
I'm teaching a high school film studies course next year and am curious to see if anyone had advice as to the type of curriculum that would work with high school juniors and seniors? Does anyone have any experience teaching film to high school students? Any advice, books to read, websites to checkout, is greatly appreciated! Thanks! |
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| Suggestions |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|11:00 pm] |
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I am teaching AP Language and Composition (11th grade) this year, and I need at least two suggestions for novels from the following time periods:
Colonial/revolution
Romantic
Realism/Local Color
Modern
Contemporary
I have ideas myself; however, I would love to hear what you all have to say so I can compare and contrast my tentative choices. :) |
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| Teaching Senior English/Brit. Lit. |
[Jul. 1st, 2009|06:14 pm] |
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Hey, guys - I've been teaching middle-school students for five years. I've recently moved schools and will now be teaching senior English! I have a strong Language Arts background and am well read in the literature the students will be studying so I'm not uncomfortable with the change in content - I'm just a little nervous about adapting my teaching style to the likes of highschool seniors! Are there any helpful hints/words for the wise any of you would like to share with me? |
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| Paid for Blogging? |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|11:01 pm] |
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I've been looking to get paid for blogging, but I'm not really sure how to tap into the industry. I have several educational articles/essays that I've written, and I would like to use them as a starting place. I am willing to write on various topics, but starting with education will provide me the opportunity to get my feet wet.
I've checked out Helium.com and, after reading several reviews, determined that it would not be worth the time and effort to pursue that site. I don't want to pay to write for someone; I just want to find a site that will let me write for free and maybe give me some payment in return for articles.
So Livejournal, how does one accomplish this task? |
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| Ning Community for Teachers of Reading English and Language Arts |
[Jun. 6th, 2009|10:17 am] |
I am beta testing a ning site (an online community of talented people who share a common interest) for teachers of Reading English and Language Arts. I'll be doing curriculum development in Ethiopia this summer and would like to reach a greater community of Reading Teachers. Will you join the community, suggest ideas, and share your own resources and RSS feeds? I'm especially interested in collecting RSS feeds for Reading and English teacher blogs so that we can collaborate.
http://rela-teaching.ning.com/
x-posted to various teaching communities |
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| 1970s/80s/90s unit |
[Apr. 26th, 2009|10:19 am] |
Hello -
I teach American Literature & Culture for regular high school Juniors in an urban Phoenix high school. I have used a decades approach this year...working really well because my major is social studies and most of the students are taking (or have had) US history. I want to end the year with a unit on the 1970s and 1980s - decades they were not alive for - but I'm kind of lost on how to frame those using pop literature/culture. We'll have covered 1960s protest songs and Vietnam (The Things They Carried) so that leaves more of the late 70s - disco, Watergate, etc.
Any good poems, plays, or short stories you can think of?
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 14th, 2009|11:26 pm] |
hello,
starting on thursday, my freshman classes are doing modern interpretations of famous speeches from Julius Caesar. Tomorrow, I wanted to talk to them about inflection, vocal tone, body movement, volume, emotion, eye contact, etc., and do a few activities so that everyone feels less nervous (but possibly a little silly). Does anyone have any activities of this sort, or any examples of sentences where inflection/stress really makes a difference? Thanks much,
1st yr teacher |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 7th, 2009|08:55 pm] |
Hello,
Any suggestions for any poems or short stories about coming of age in other cultures? I'm teaching my 10th graders Catcher in the Rye and want to show them some examples of short stories with similar characteristics of growing up, but in other cultures. Any suggestions or alternative ideas for activities?
Thanks in advance!
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