I have tried in vain for the last couple of years to organize portfolios for my students. Despite my intentions I consistently failed to maintain students’ papers throughout the year. The problem was I was doing all of the work, when I really didn’t have time for more busy work. Students weren’t spending enough time reflecting and the whole point… Read More
We are currently reading The Odyssey in my freshmen class. I decided that to better engage with our vocabulary that my students should make memes utilizing the vocabulary words in a fun and engaging way. If you know your memes you may have seen this guy before… If you are unsure of what memes are below is a video highlighting their origins…. Read More
My students loved my lesson over “The Life and Death of a Pumpkin”. They were totally engaged and loved listening and viewing the clip. I finished the lesson by having my students write letters from the viewpoint a pumpkin. They tried to convince me not to carve them. My students LOVED this activity and shared their writing with the class…. Read More
