My very first year teaching I discovered an activity that really helped teach students about characterization. It is perfect for kinesthetic and visual learners; artistic students are also very engaged with this activity. I have used it in all grade levels and tiers. You can also use homogenous or heterogenous groups; you can have lower…
The Socratic Seminar has been done many different ways over the years. I have seen versions that maintain the teacher as question writer and moderator; I have also seen and used the “fish bowl” model where some students are participants and others are assessors; there is also a hot seat and philosopher’s chair version of…
Some of you will say, “What in the world is a QR Code?” Let me first say I am no tech expert, but a QR code looks like a square with a funny pattern inside. Once you have a QR reader installed on your smart device, you can scan a QR code (almost like you…
For years, I have contemplated about writing a blog. I thought about blogging on cooking or crafting or writing because I enjoy all of those things, but when you get down to it, when you really get down to the nitty gritty of who I am and what I love, there is nothing in this…
It’s Lit Time! 