Because she's dead I won't mention her name. Actually she might have been dead when she was my teacher. She was my World History teacher in 9th grade and happens to be the worst teacher I've ever had. That's 12 years of … [Read more...]
Add a Character Writing Assignment Lesson Plan
April 18, 2015 By 1 Comment
As Mrs. Cantwaitfortheschoolyeartoend approached her classroom, she realized she had no lesson plan for the day. When she heard the principal Mr. Likestofire would be visiting her that morning, she started to panic, ran down … [Read more...]
Short Story Lesson Plan: How to Introduce a Short Story
April 6, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Every painstaking movement of the second hand on the round 1970s style clock in the front of the classroom deepened the soul-destroying angst in Mr. Nocontext's being. Mr. Jobkiller, the school's new principal, had come to … [Read more...]
Lesson of the Day: The Greatest Creative Writing Lesson Plan Ever?!?!
March 24, 2015 By Leave a Comment
I had just finished my "8 Simple Writing Lesson Plans" Teacher Guide when I came upon this gem of an Internet lesson plan: The greatest creative writing activity ever!!!I was skeptical.After all, everything on the … [Read more...]
Small Group Lesson Plans for the Common Core
March 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment
The day was winding down. I had borrowed a lesson plan from Mr. Worksheetgive who had borrowed a lesson from Mrs. Makelitboring and it was not going well. Casualties were mounting: 16 students had suffered concussions after … [Read more...]
Introductory Literary Analysis Assignment Using Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
February 27, 2015 By Leave a Comment
This Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde literary analysis assignment will work for any piece of literature. I just happened to use it most recently with Jekyll and Hyde, so that's where all my examples come from.It … [Read more...]
Critical Analysis Paragraph Assignment: How to Write a Rhetorical Precis
October 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
You could skip reading all this and just download this teacher and student ready handout: Writing a Rhetorical Precis.It's part of this 8 simple writing assignments blog post. Or you can just skip that link and buy it … [Read more...]
Lesson of the Day: Add a Scene to “Walter Mitty”
September 10, 2014 By Leave a Comment
In honor of finally receiving my online/blended learning certificate from the Clark County School District, I thought I'd give you all an online/blended learning lesson using "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," GoogleDocs, and … [Read more...]
Lessons of the Day: How to Write a Paragraph
August 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
You swore in your sadness/wrath that you would help your students learn the valuable skill of paragraph writing. Now's the time to make good on that promise. You'll find excellent lesson plans on paragraph writing linked at … [Read more...]
