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Ben Wilkoff

3,652 posts since 2005. My name is Ben Wilkoff, and I Teach. And Learn. A Lot.

  • Writing as Inquiry (A G/T Pro. Dev. Opportunity)My questions: How can we use our language so that our students become more metacognitive and reflective? Others’ questions: Is peer editing…
  • 08.29.06Cores 1-4: I was at a G/T Langauge Arts meeting for most of the day, so here are my sub plans. Core 3: Discuss any great reading that happened in…Lesson Plans
  • MetawritingToday, in class, I asked my students to think of the best and worst prompts that they could be asked to write about (most authentic and least…
  • Language Theory Class #2 08.28.06Linguistics is a sub-set of Cognitive Science. Linguistics is only a study of natural langauges (not like esperanto) If Language is a mirror to…
  • 08.28.06Cores 1-4: Last week we spent quite a bit of time talking about our reading program. We have now sufficiently set up AR+. This week we are going…Lesson Plans
  • 08.25.06Today’s lessons are a continuation of yesterday’s. Cores 1-4: I will be analyzing CSAP data in the main office today. I have left my substitute…Lesson Plans
  • 08.24.06Cores 1-4: Introduce the concept of Authentic vs. Inauthentic writing prompts. Talk about ways of changing inauthentic writing prompts into…Lesson Plans
  • 008/23/06Much of today’s lessons are a continuation of yesterday. Core 1: Go over the process of actually submitting a book review. Discuss-On: How do you…Lesson Plans
  • 08/22/06Today’s lessons are extentions of yesterday. Core 1-2: Discuss-On: What is the biggest book/reading virus (meme) you have ever started? Collect…Lesson Plans
  • Not Tagged – The Book MemeI was not tagged to contribute to the book meme, but that is okay because I mostly thought that memes were a little bit hokey. That is until I…