This week we will be featuring student made trailers for both The Outsiders and The Hunger Games. Having students create fake movie trailers for the novels they are reading serves two purposes: 1- It appeals to a student population that is more media and technology savvy than any other generation before it. As educators, we... Continue Reading →
This week we will be featuring student made trailers for both The Outsiders and The Hunger Games. Having students create fake movie trailers for the novels they are reading serves two purposes: 1- It appeals to a student population that is more media and technology savvy than any other generation before it. As educators, we... Continue Reading →
Besides being just a great & riveting book to read, Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly is also loaded with lots of material that can be tied into the classroom. It's already full of discussion topics perfect for the English classroom (see the reader's guide we featured yesterday for ideas) -- but there are other subjects that... Continue Reading →
Besides being just a great & riveting book to read, Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly is also loaded with lots of material that can be tied into the classroom. It's already full of discussion topics perfect for the English classroom (see the reader's guide we featured yesterday for ideas) -- but there are other subjects that... Continue Reading →
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly is chock-full of great topics that can be used in the classroom in various subjects (more on that tomorrow) -- but the text alone offers plenty to discuss. Lucky for us, the folks at Random House have put together a superb Teacher's/Reader's Guide for Revolution to help get you started. The... Continue Reading →
Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly is chock-full of great topics that can be used in the classroom in various subjects (more on that tomorrow) -- but the text alone offers plenty to discuss. Lucky for us, the folks at Random House have put together a superb Teacher's/Reader's Guide for Revolution to help get you started. The... Continue Reading →
For this week's Hunger Games segment, I'm going to focus on Visualization and Symbolism. Good readers tend to visual scenes much like a movie while they read a book, but not all readers do this automatically. In fact, it's part of what holds reluctant readers back. If a reader can't visualize while reading, how can he... Continue Reading →
For this week's Hunger Games segment, I'm going to focus on Visualization and Symbolism. Good readers tend to visual scenes much like a movie while they read a book, but not all readers do this automatically. In fact, it's part of what holds reluctant readers back. If a reader can't visualize while reading, how can he... Continue Reading →
Yes, I am a naughty teacher. My Outsiders post is a day late. I should take off points for being late! For this week's edition of our lesson study of The Outsiders, I am sharing a lesson I used to teach the connection between Mood and Setting. 8th grade students need to understand that Mood... Continue Reading →
Yes, I am a naughty teacher. My Outsiders post is a day late. I should take off points for being late! For this week's edition of our lesson study of The Outsiders, I am sharing a lesson I used to teach the connection between Mood and Setting. 8th grade students need to understand that Mood... Continue Reading →
Novel Novice 