Book Review Bingo: More book review cliche fun than you can shake a riveting, unputdownable stick at This game would be good for teaching cliches. tags: review, bingo, education, books, literature EasyBib: How do I cite a book from the Kindle or another e-book reader? EasyBib has recommendations for how to create Works Cited entries … Continue reading Diigo Links (weekly)
My British Literature and Compositions are going to study the sonnet next week, and my department chair and I collaborated on a SMARTBoard Notebook file. I do not think she would mind if I shared our work here, and a couple of people have expressed interested after I sent messages to Twitter and Facebook about … Continue reading Sonnets
I have been on the lookout for books, websites, and other materials to help me teach grammar. If you have some good ideas for resources, please leave them in the comments. A couple of things I have been trying with my students seem to be working fairly well. I used the Sentence Opening Strategy activity … Continue reading Image Grammar
When you update as seldom as I have lately, it seems posts are destined to become a mishmash of assorted thoughts as I catch everyone up. First, as you can see from the sidebar, I am supporting NCTE’s National Day on Writing. I am not sure exactly what I and my students will do, but … Continue reading A Mishmash of Assorted Thoughts
I have to thank Buffy Hamilton for showing me the potential in creating a Netvibes page. You can see her page on Iran Election events for a sample. Imagine being able to gather information related to a topic your students are studying in one place, including RSS feeds, video, and blogs. Imagine students gathering the … Continue reading Netvibes
I mentioned the fact that I use a SMARTBoard interactive white board in my classes, and I have received an e-mail and a comment about SMARTBoards. In my book, if two people are wondering about it, perhaps it warrants a post. Before I begin, however, I need to issue a disclaimer. I haven’t used other … Continue reading Interactive White Boards
In addition to conveying our subject matter, I think it is critical that teachers help students learn good study skills, such as note-taking and test-taking strategies and organization skills. One thing I have noticed about organization over my years as a teacher is that a really organized student can usually do fairly well, even if … Continue reading Teaching Organization with Notebook Checks