This is my first time blogging from in on an airplane. My daughter, Isabelle, may be the cause of that. She is cleverly intriguing, so much so that it is difficult to be very reflective when she is saying “da da da” at you. My trip today, and the reason …
This is our first attempt at a video podcast. Because not all of our students have agreed to have their pictures posted online (and because I hold security at a premium), I have obscured their faces somewhat with CamTwist. This project is about creating new words and putting them into …
Core 1: Debrief-on? How many new words can we expect in our lexicon based upon your work with the Combined Word Dictionary. Record a few definitions for classroom podcast. Turn-in Essay, and self-assess according to Kid-Friendly Rubric. Read Pied Piper of Hamelin: How can music create changes in the ways …
I have always shied away from making absolute lists of resources. They are dated a few months after they are penned. I much prefer the enigmatic, socially tagged nature of a delicious account. Why take one person’s word for it, when you can see exactly how many people have found …
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 …