My mind raced as I stared at the blank page in front of me. I raised my hand, “Mr. Pontoon, I’m feeling sick. Can I go to the nurse?” “No,” he replied abruptly. “Darn!” I thought, “I just wasted 15 seconds with that ploy, and still my paper is blank. I know—maybe I’ll pee my […]
How to Make Romeo and Juliet Easy to Understand and Teach: Scene Summaries and Dialectical Journals
November 16, 2015 By
Before you read this incredibly engaging post, be sure to download the Romeo and Juliet Summary Charts with Dialectical Journal Charts. Two classrooms both alike in dignity. In fair Verona High School where is our scene. From ancient drudge–break to student learning. Where lesson plans make civil brains real keen. I whipped that sonnetic quatrain […]
Another Nevada Day Tribute
November 4, 2015 By
There are many ironies involving Nevada Day, so I’ll start by providing an Analyzing Irony in Literature graphic organizer that you can use with these literary works with examples of irony. Now on to the irony of Nevada Day But before I get to that, here’s the only fact you need to know about Nevada […]