Friday the 13th is truly a jinxed day. Friday, March 13th proved no different as that was the last day of “normal” for me and my kids. The end of the marking period with a “get your grades entered now” mandate, meant that my kids worked a bit more independently Read more…
It’s a rare opportunity to share what other English teachers around the globe do in their classrooms to instill the love of language and literature that many of us have. Do we have similar challenges? Successes? Joys? Frustrations? Are our classes really that different? Recently, Alexa Griffey, a hometown Read more…
January! Definitely a word that triggers lots of emotions: new beginnings, resolutions, auld lang syne and for teachers, the midpoint of the school year. We’re in the home stretch!! But there’s always a little teeny tiny hiccup this time of year, that four letter word that many of us love Read more…
It’s time for some cooking magic in the classroom as we dip into practically perfect world of entertainment and culture guided by none other than Martha Stewart. As Martha says, “you should love playing with learning.” Blogging has become the new playground for writing in my American Literature classes. In Read more…
Great readers are not born but are made. With all of the standards, curriculum, test prep and interruptions found in a normal high school week, there is not enough time to do everything. What has happened in the past is time for just reading has disappeared only to be replaced Read more…