I Got Nothin’
After almost 20 years of doing this job, I’d like to think I sort of know my way around the junior high psyche. Plus I remember 7th and 8th grade like they were yesterday, and some might still accuse me of being a seventh grader yet. But every now and then…well, I got nothin’. Sometimes [...]
Easy…yet not. (“A Page” Part Two)
“This will be both the easiest and the hardest writing assignment of the year.” “I’m confused.” OMG…If there’s a motto for this year’s crew, that’s it. When last we met, my kids and I were reading Langston Hughes’s “Theme for English B,” and I was assigning them the same task that introduces the poem. “OK. Let’s look [...]
“Go home and write a page tonight…” (Part One)
(I can’t believe I didn’t talk about this one last year. This is one of my fave writing assignments. Though the range of quality is all over the map, even the “not so good” ones are usually entertaining to read. Anyway…) “Hi, my name is mrC, and I’m an English teacher who doesn’t especially like [...]
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- linda commented on OH NOOOOOO! (Part I)love this dialog... I am currently an elem school librarian but formerly an 8th grade English teacher...I taught the PIGMAN to my 8th graders ,20 years ago and they loved it (my dept head had serious reservations about it because of the bathroom "bomb" in the first chapter) cam't go wrong with anything by AVi.
- Erica commented on Wish I had at least one this year…Hey I am in Vegas! Hope you have a good time while you are here. If you need to know all the good places to eat, let me know, LOL
- mrC commented on OH NOOOOOO! (Part I)@ Mrs. M- My very first year here, I had three periods of eighth grade, and I pretty much stuck to the anthology, which had the play in it. I didn't have time to read the diary, so I went with the notes in the TE.
I think we also watched some of the - Sara commented on OH NOOOOOO! (Part I)While I understand why students should read Anne Frank, I have problems with it being done in 8th grade. Every year someone wants to compare the Confederates to the Nazis or ask when the Nazis entered the Civil War. It's just my pet peeve, though. I know that covering Anne Frank makes 10th grade World
- Mrs. M~ commented on OH NOOOOOO! (Part I)If you do not like reading the full diary, you could try the play version of Anne Frank. I do it every year, and it is one of my students' favorite units. The Prentice Hall textbook has a fantastic audio performance of the play, so we listen as we read along for the
- CLuce commented on Wish I had at least one this year…I understand completely! I teach sixth graders. In our district 6th grade is still part of the Elementary School (one of the few in our area). These kids cannot wait to move on to Middle School. They feel they are just too sophisticated to be in Elementary School. I wish
- mrC commented on TimerSend me your e-mail address, and I'll send you what you need to make it work!
- Dawn commented on TimerLove the idea but the timer won't load...says missing some type of dll file
- Molly commented on Test-Taking TipThank you, This is reassuring.
- Sara commented on Whatever it is…it ain’t working.Oh, Mr. C.! I am currently buried beneath a mountain of seventh grade research papers to grade. We spent soooo much precious time practicing, researching, revising, going over all of those research paper "rules," and yet I'm amazed at how many of them have managed to do--in pure seventh grade fashion--the least
- Carly commented on Whatever it is…it ain’t working.I'm not teaching English this year for the first time in about 13 years, so don't have to deal with the research paper. But one thing I started doing a few years ago was the research story. The kids research an Alaskan mammal and must write a story about a year in the life
- Meg commented on This is what I’m working with this year.I think girls are so spacey at that age because they think being an airhead impresses the boys. I walked into class the other day and one of the smartest girls had the laptop bag on her head. I tell her to take it off and she says: "It fell there!"
- Mrs. E commented on This is what I’m working with this year.Ah, yes... the typical 7th grade student. I am giving a vocabulary test today, and one of my sweethearts is walking towards me with a huge smile on his face. He's made a 100! He's finally learned how to use "nonsensical" correctly in a sentence as an adverb! Nope... "Hey, Mrs. E!
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