Core 1: Discuss-on: Do you have to organize the examples and quotations in your essay chronologically as the book has? Continue working on your essay, perfecting it into a form that you would want to turn in. If you finish, get a couple of people to read it and comment. …
As my students work more and more in the non-fiction realm due to their new found niches, they have a tendency to lose sight of just how descriptive and beautiful their writing can be. As a blogger, I have found that some of my greatest pleasure is derived from my …
Core 1: Discuss-on: What makes a conclusion a good one? Check out some good feedback about revision. Continue working on your essay, perfecting it into a form that you would want to turn in. If you finish, get a couple of people to read it and comment. Comment on other …
Bassanio and Portia engage in a relationship based upon nothing but a look from one to the other. They are overcome with this psuedo-love. So much so that Bassanio is willing to risk his friend’s life to pursue Portia. The total amount of time that Bassanio and Portia have spent …
This poem is a response to the oppression that Cassie feels in the third chapter of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.I tremble and shake.I am huddled and awake. I want to blow past these feelings.Go deeper, unfurrow my brow beatings. I push them deep into my head.The fear of …
Core 1: Write-on: What is revision? Why are revisions made? Choose two revisions made in the Declaration of Independence and write out your theory on why these particular revisions were made from the viewpoint of one of the founding fathers. Speak as if in the continental congress and try to …
I have been working on a couple new documents that make sense for the development of pedagogy and the future of education. You can find the links to them at the k12online conference: http://k12online.wm.edu/AuthenticLearning.pdf http://k12online.wm.edu/101Resources.pdf http://media.blubrry.com/learningischange/34.136.86.195.nip.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TwoNewDocuments.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
This new possibility (which is now kind of old) is a total reversal of some of the things that I have consistently talked about and advocated for. This only comes about because of a great contact I have made with the principal of our online school (eDCSD). The possibility is …
Core 1: Extended Write-on: Head over to the computer lab and continue your essay work. Please ask yourself the following questions as you write: Am I proving my thesis? Are my examples and quotations as relevant as they need to be? Have I explained my quotations so that my words …
My daughter was born last October. So, I spent quite a bit of time keeping my daughter happy in the wee hours of the morning, sitting on a red love seat and listening to the podcasts from the first K12 online conference. The podcasts were a way of keeping up …