October 2006

15 posts published in October 2006.

  • 10.20.06Cores 1-4: As many of you know, my wife gave birth to our daughter yesterday. This bundle of joy and miracles is named Isabelle Roux Wilkoff. I…Lesson Plans
  • Nouns and Now.We can never know what the future holds. For her, or for anyone. She is this thing, bright and new that I can’t quite see the end of. I want to…
  • 10.18.06Core 1: Write-On: Why are beliefs powerful? Discuss and view Belief Statement Essays as genre: Tony Hawk Rick Moody Sarah Adams Harold Taw Explore…Lesson Plans
  • Blogging Image Scavenger HuntI love looking for fresh images, ones that I haven’t used before in my writing. The trouble is that cliches are so much easier. I can talk about…
  • 10.17.06Cores 1-4: I have been looking a lot at our blogging community. I have read and assessed posts. I have worked hard at making sure that everyone is…Lesson Plans
  • I want her to come…When I was in high school, I was in Into The Woods. I sang and danced as the Wolf, lecherously hungry for little red riding hood. The whole play…
  • 10.16.06Cores 1-4: Look at the new Authenticity Awards. Talk about AR Awards for First Quarter. Go to the computer lab and ensure that all students have…Lesson Plans
  • 10.11.06Core 1: Play vocabulary basketball to review for unit 7 quiz. Take unit 7 quiz. Do partnered good parts to fulfill quarter 1 requirement. Core 2:…Lesson Plans
  • 10.10.06Cores 1-4: Go over the Authentic Assessment for The Weekly Authentics. Work on Weekly Authentics, Nominating, and Commenting.Lesson Plans
  • 10.09.06Cores 1-4: Talk about the Authenticity Awards for last week. Look at Authentic Assessment for blogs tomorrow. Core 1: Write a paragraph review of…Lesson Plans
  • 10.05-06.06I was at a g/t curriculum conference for these two days. The plans that I left for the substitute are here and here.Lesson Plans
  • Too tired to think.My last weekly authentic was ambitious and hopeful. It made a lot of observations in the hopes of coming to grand conclusion about where I am with…
  • 10.04.06Cores 1-4: In partners, develop a rubric for assessing Weekly Authentics by asking yourself the following questions and answering them through…Lesson Plans
  • 10.03.06Cores 3-4: Show off Talkr podcasts. Show off the How-To of Talkr podcasts. Go to the computer lab and nominate, post, build, or podcast.Lesson Plans
  • 10.02.06Cores 1-2: Show off Talkr podcasts. Show off the How-To of Talkr podcasts. Go to the computer lab and nominate, post, build, or podcast.Lesson Plans