My daughter Maggie and I went shopping today, and I made some interesting purchases for my classroom: The Daily Spark: Spelling & Grammar The Daily Spark: Journal Writing The Daily Spark: Critical Writing (Barnes & Noble link, not available through Amazon) Each book is a collection of 180 class activities that can be used as…
OK, I have opted for something simpler for my Ideas page. It will be a collection of links to my lesson plan wiki, where I will house all my lesson ideas. I am still restoring handouts and Power Points, so forgive me if some of the links aren’t working correctly yet. I read a couple…
I haven’t posted much in a while; my students are working on research papers, which I find leaves me with not much time to stay on top of education issues. I do want to read the Newsweek article about how we are failing our boys and write about that. All I have to say for…
I am currently reading Azar Nafisi’s Reading Lolita in Tehran, much interrupted by my Harry Potter fixation, I must add. When a new Harry Potter book comes out, it takes me a long time to turn back to the world of Muggles again, but I digress. Reading Lolita in Tehran has a segment about putting…
While perusing the most recent issue of English Journal, I saw an ad for The Teacher’s Daybook (purchase from Amazon). I went to the publisher’s website only to discover that it was not for sale. As soon as it became available, I ordered it. The year has not yet started, so I’ll have to update…
I have recently finished Constance Weaver’s 1996 book Teaching Grammar in Context (purchase from Amazon). While I agree a great deal with Weaver’s arguments and hope to implement many of her ideas in my own classroom, I would like to see more studies on the efficacy of her methods. In many schools, the curriculum dictates…
