I worked 6 hours at school on Saturday. Worked 5 hours today. Now I'm home, it's Sunday night, and I feel as though I should be doing all of these work-related tasks ( Read more... )

So I'm rolling this idea around in my head and asking for any ideas you might have to add to my brainstorming. I want to do a poetry unit this year. I'd like to do a daily/weekly/somethingly poetry intro/experience for the kids before the unit. Maybe each week until the unit, not sure yet. But I'd like to introduce it through song lyrics, ( Read more... )

1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names... or father's & mother's ( Read more... )

In class today, grading a "scavenger hunt" sheet from a publication comparing the platforms of Obama and McCain, one of the topics was the 700-mile fence apparently being built on the U.S.-Mexico border. Students were asked to write what they think the purpose of this fence is and whether they thought it would be successful. One student conjecture ( Read more... )

I often start class by doing something that knocks the daily-grind mindset out of them. Sometimes I'll speak in Whale (a la Finding Nemo) or I'll start describing them in ways they aren't accustomed to (today they "bemused me" ... and discussion ensued). Today their journal exercise was to think of five questions they would want to ask teachers, ( Read more... )

Ate lunch today. Missed breakfast though ( Read more... )

It's been a bit of forever since I've posted-posted and I think the weight of the time and the unwritten is making it more and more difficult to post. So this is my gateway post (like marijuana, not the computer). I'll post little bits of things rather than a doctoral summation of the past year+ over the next few weeks and see how it feels ( Read more... )

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...
Balanced, Secure, and Realistic.

20 Impressionist, 4 Islamic, 7 Ukiyo-e, -19 Cubist, -8 Abstract and -8 Renaissance!


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Because abbacat is my hero, I must do this too ( Read more... )

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