Archives for March 2014

Lesson of the Day: A Great Observational Experience Using Poetry

So the big wigs came to my school last week and I didn’t want to embarrass the school, get my administrator in trouble, and end up teaching from a cart next year, so I went to one of my favorite lessons: Poetry Speed Analysis. It covers a slew of Common Core objectives. They’re listed at […]

Lesson of the Day: The Hero’s Journey

If you want to “flip” your classroom, feel free to use the Hero’s Journey Resource Page. We’re gonna head to the almighty Internet for today’s lesson of the day. I use it to introduce The Odyssey and hearken back to it numerous times during the unit and throughout the year. Let’s get those Common Core […]

Common Core Lesson Plan of the Day: Speaking and Listening

I was feeling pretty good about life. My “Cask of Amontillado” common core lesson plans went great. It went so well that several students apologized for having insulted me the week before, fearful that I would bury them behind a wall of school cafeteria lasagna and leave them to die. Then my administrator, Ms. Fireyou, […]