Once upon a time I believed I possessed agency as an educator/teacher. Maybe I did, or perhaps it was just an illusion. And now I am wondering, with all my personality flaws and creative, meandering ways of planning instruction: should we still be teaching whole-class novels? And is there something “wrong” with me if I… Read More Rethinking Teaching Novels
In real-time, I watched the news on January 6, 2021, and admittedly witnessed the horror unfolding as the outgoing president worked with his followers to overthrow our government. Post by @ryanjreilly View on Threads We have had one really cool thing in our nation: the peaceful transfer of power until he was in office. My… Read More January 6, 2021
Key phrases I learned from his video, ones I knew, and all of them I need to share with students: Ideological fragment: Dr. Cruz explores how a piece of media can be an ideological fragment, meaning a piece or artifact that represents an larger ideology (belief system). Transgressions: Wrong-doing against others. Extralegal: Definition (not sanctioned… Read More Summer Series of Saves: analysis is life
The “Reading Wars” confuses the boogers out of me. I was encouraged to listen to “Sold a Story” by Emily Hanford, and was completely befuddled over…what? Three cueing what? Fountas & Pinnell were just writers of leveled texts, and I had no idea that phonics wasn’t being taught in some districts, etc. I haven’t listened… Read More Summer Series of Saves: Dr. Candy
There is a passionate Shakespearean scholar on TikTok, and she does a phenomenal job of analyzing Shakespeare. But damn, she’s a little mean. If she had been my teacher back in 1980 or whenever I had to read Romeo and Juliet, I would never have picked up another one of his works. Allow me to… Read More #thematic #Thursday
A Terror of Fascists A Nightmare of Fascists A Bloodclot of Fascists Well, it’s kind of a shame on my part that I didn’t monetize this blog before the trolls found it, because whew-boy-howdy, were my stats booming! This silly little place where I collect my thoughts, lesson ideas, share joy, and sometimes sorrows received… Read More …of Fascists
How do we keep our history when others control it?
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The history of horror and how it relates to current media: a reflection of the screams of youth… Read More Screams in the void…
just making a list… Read More a plan, of sorts
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