My colleague just told me that April was National Poetry month. I thought she was playing an April Fool’s joke on me, so I took a swing at her. She blocked the punch, jabbed me in the throat with a paper clip, whacked me on the head with a stapler, and knocked me out. When […]
Myth Lesson Plans: The Hero’s Journey and Perseus
March 31, 2016 By
Start off with something you can use in your classroom right now: Perseus’s Hero’s Journey Handout This is day 5 of The Odyssey lesson plans. For those who’ve been following the odyssey of The Odyssey Unit, you may be wondering what happened to days 3 and 4. We’ll just say things happen. Day 1 actually […]
Collaborative Learning Activity for Busy Teachers
March 14, 2016 By
I had the day planned out. Give my write a multiple choice quiz test review assignment and sit in the front of the room and grade papers. Then I heard the new administrator was prowling the halls looking for teachers to scare. I also heard he was a big fan of collaborative learning. This is […]