Teacher, Teacher, I Declare!
Blog of a High School English and Speech Teacher
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Turn Off The Teacher Brain, Please!
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We have been out of school five days, including the weekend. On day four I pulled out next year's lesson plan book and began marking wor...
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Harper Lee 1926-2016
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I love To Kill A Mockingbird. I have been teaching it to sophomores for 34 years. And we were about 10 chapters into the book this year, wh...
Saturday, February 6, 2016
A Couple of New Seating Arrangements
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I still love experimenting with seating arrangements. My students always find it a challenge to find their seats. Those gender colored stick...
Thursday, January 7, 2016
One Word New Year
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I love the New Year. I've always enjoyed looking back at the events of the past year, and imagining what the year ahead holds. A few yea...
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Teachers Can't Get Sick
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My last post was about the day before Winter break. I was sick with a doozy of a cold: fever, chills, and a sore throat so bad I couldn'...
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Good Subs
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I hate having the flu. I hate missing school. I especially hate missing school on a final day. This year, teaching speech, drama, and fore...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
The Not So Necessary
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This app has been a nice addition to the holiday classroom. Fireplace 3D. If I can't have the real thing, this is pretty darn close. ...
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