Comments on: Seventh Grader with a Badge http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/seventh-grader-with-a-badge/ Middle school teaching: Five shows a day, 180 days a year. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:01:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: mrC http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/seventh-grader-with-a-badge/comment-page-1/#comment-674 mrC Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:19:55 +0000 http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/?p=1741#comment-674 Re: "Monsters..." in the anthology. When we first got our most recent anthology 6 or 8 years ago, I was going to use it for reading the play. I was reading through the TE, looking what kinds of questions they thought should be asked, and I noticed that the version in this book was different in sections from what I remembered teaching. I dug out a copy of our previous anthology (only 5 pounds), which also had the play in it. Sure enough, the newer one had dumbed down the language in a couple of parts - especially the narrator's parts. I went back to the storage room and salvaged 40 copies of the old anthology before they threw them away. We use those for reading the play. I respond similarly when they ask me about taking them home, "Do you really want to lug those things around, and have to keep them covered, and pay fitty dollah when you leave your backpack out in the rain?" Re: “Monsters…” in the anthology. When we first got our most recent anthology 6 or 8 years ago, I was going to use it for reading the play. I was reading through the TE, looking what kinds of questions they thought should be asked, and I noticed that the version in this book was different in sections from what I remembered teaching. I dug out a copy of our previous anthology (only 5 pounds), which also had the play in it. Sure enough, the newer one had dumbed down the language in a couple of parts – especially the narrator’s parts. I went back to the storage room and salvaged 40 copies of the old anthology before they threw them away. We use those for reading the play.

I respond similarly when they ask me about taking them home, “Do you really want to lug those things around, and have to keep them covered, and pay fitty dollah when you leave your backpack out in the rain?”

]]> By: Mrs. M~ http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/seventh-grader-with-a-badge/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Mrs. M~ Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:13 +0000 http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/?p=1741#comment-673 We in the 8th grade love the poopa too! :-) We in the 8th grade love the poopa too! :-)

]]> By: Aimee http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/seventh-grader-with-a-badge/comment-page-1/#comment-672 Aimee Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:34:54 +0000 http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/?p=1741#comment-672 LOL! I proudly wear my 7th grade badge - love the poopa! LOL! I proudly wear my 7th grade badge – love the poopa!

]]> By: Anonymous http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/seventh-grader-with-a-badge/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Anonymous Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:58:53 +0000 http://teachingtheoutsiders.com/?p=1741#comment-671 Our anthology is useless too. We read Monsters are Due... and a few poems. A kid once asked me why we don't take it home, and I told him that 4 out of 5 doctors agree that novels cause fewer back problems (and keep me from going into a coma of boredom). Our anthology is useless too. We read Monsters are Due… and a few poems. A kid once asked me why we don’t take it home, and I told him that 4 out of 5 doctors agree that novels cause fewer back problems (and keep me from going into a coma of boredom).

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