Robert sent an excellent final exam format, which first posted in January. You can find the graphic on the posters page as “Final Exam Graphic, Robert Harrell”. Robert explains: The paper they will be writing on has six blank boxes on each side. Between each box is an arrow indicating the flow direction. Beneath each […]
Don’t click on any hyperlinks here. I am writing a parallel novel to Le Nouvel Houdini, but one that is “twisted”. What do I mean by twisted? It is a new novel that is just weird enough, but not overly so, to get teenagers to raise eyebrows while reading it, while taking the original plot of
If anyone can help me find that place where we talk about WHY our classes are rigorous, I want to add it to the Rigor category here. The reason for that is that many of us will be observed next year and will have to respond to that question, seen through ignorant eyes of observers
I’m going to have to shut down for awhile here. The virus has moved from my email account into the PLC here. I’ll get it back working if I fix it. Otherwise I’m getting a Mac.
Jody has written: …we have our expectations engraved in our consciousnesses. [Our students] don’t. That stuff goes off their screens so fast. I am much less personally insulted now than I used to be when they don’t appear to remember these important things. It’s my job to get the expectation back up on their screen – that’s all.
I got this from Chris: Ben, What are some examples of transitions you do? The reason why I ask is this: At my school the principal observes us once each 9 weeks, so four observations a school year and each semester we do a summary appraisal based on the two observations each semester. I met
There is a strong TCI presence in Alaska. Jenny Kelly is taking one year off and Michele says: Dear Ben, Jenny Kelly needs to leave her post in Valdez for a year, and she wants someone who can do TPRS Spanish and French. Can you share this information? People would need to be adventurous. They
10 mon. of SSR with music. 15 min. of comprehensible input (any form). 10 min. of dictée (content is formed from whatever the CI was about: use notes from story writer to pick the passage for the dictée)*. 5 min. quick quiz (written by your best quiz writer, five questions is just fine). 5 min.
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It’s not typically expected that men in our society work at home, but it is of women. So, on this Mother’s Day, we salute all the women in our PLC community for not only bringing home the bacon but also frying it up in a pan. Y’all champions work two full time jobs, often with children involved.
This is a copy of an email I just sent to Dr. Krashen and my high school team and principals as well. I’m just putting it out there and would like to suggest that if we can get this idea off the ground, maybe we could start chapters in some of your schools as well:
I’m not hearing a lot of whining from the group so hopefully the virus scare is about over. Just don’t click on any hyperlinks in these posts.
