Reflections on teaching, parenting, and living
It has been several years since we have been in school on April Fool's Day (otherwise known as March 32nd) due to Easter and Spring Break. In the past, our school newspaper has had a lot of fun with this special day by announcing a change to the theme of the prom and dress code... Continue Reading →
Read this original post on aplithelp.com When I received my copy of Terrance Hayes' book American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin I decided that I wanted to freshen up my sonnet unit to look beyond the traditional sonnets. I had about six 90-minute class periods to devote to sonnets before Spring Break. This... Continue Reading →
The National Council of Teachers of English Conference is such a complex undertaking and often times overwhelming experience that I decided to split my observation into three parts. Part One focused on resources while Part Two will focus on my overall takeaways. Part Three will be a recommended reading list from #NCTE18. We must TEACH... Continue Reading →
The National Council of Teachers of English Conference is such a complex undertaking and often times overwhelming experience that I decided to split my observation into three parts. Part One focuses on resources while Part Two will be my overall takeaways. Part Three will be a recommended reading list from NCTE18. For the first fourteen... Continue Reading →
After studying Clint Smith’s Counting Descent with #thebookchat, I knew that I had found the first poetry collection that I was going to teach. Teaching an entire collection of poetry was something that I had considered, but did not see the full benefits from until reading and working through Smith’s Counting Descent from start to... Continue Reading →
This year in my classes of juniors and seniors, I will have students who were mostly not yet born or possibly were only old enough to be toddling around when the steel and concrete sky came down on September 11, 2001. 9/11 is as abstract to them as the Normandy Landing on D-Day is to... Continue Reading →
Today AP teachers in 27 states will get their students’ scores, while the rest of us obsessively login and refresh just in case they release them early in our area. Following this score release is always a time for a mix of celebration, sometimes stupefaction, and always over-analyzation. As I plan and think about next... Continue Reading →
Many of my family, friends, and co-workers are confused by my excitement to join the AP Literature Reading with teachers and college professors from across the country to read essays for 7 days straight. My family has affectionately labeled my time at the AP Reading as “Nerd Camp.” I first applied to the reading pool... Continue Reading →
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