Ms. Burke

High School ELA Teacher - Theatre Person - Shakespeare Fangirl

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

I am so excited for this last part because the opportunities are endless! Some ideas I have for the narrative bit are:
-my best/worst moments as a reader
-my most exhilarating moment
-my most typical moments
-my proudest moment
-an AHA! moment
-my favorite moment

Other ideas??

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

For their final project (writing about reading in 3 genres), my students have had to create an author study infographic and write a book review so far, and last will be writing a letter to me, containing narrative elements reflecting on themselves as a reader this year.

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

Tried Wordle with the Ss today. I cannot lie, this is the second desktop I have tried this on because my last class ended before we could get it and I leave that classroom. Really tough!

Wordle 208 3/6

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[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

@_Mrs_Brooks__ It's such a fun way to stretch their thinking, both about the book and the lyrics and sounds of their favorite songs!

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

I want to share some resources I've been refining that can act as assessments on whole class or choice reading! I made these my first year teaching, but had them in Canva which is not easily navigated by students. Now, here they are, much more user friendly, in Google Slides!

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

This second one asks students to act as a character from their book and make a simulated post to Instagram as them, explaining their choices, and leaving comments from other characters. These tasks are both great to print and showcase to recommend titles. https://t.co/oUXvXIvdRx

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

The first assignment is intended for students to create a playlist to accompany their book, explaining the reasoning behind each song. The look is meant to evoke Spotify, and sometimes students will make an actual playlist they'll share with me! https://t.co/s7WhmtfH1u

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

That moment in the FlipGrid when a student is responding to what they are reading and they pull out the book and start reading to you 👌🔥💯

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

With much thanks to @MsJVirgil, @RLAtkins23, and @mscollinsreads, I’ve got 1 of 3 first day activities squared away 🥴

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

@mscollinsreads @RLAtkins23 @MsJVirgil Hey all! I came to teacher twitter because I’m brainstorming for a virtual book tasting and saw y’all are already having this convo/doing the activity!! Would you mind sharing your wisdom with me? I’d be so thankful!

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

I have to start using this account for something, so why not collecting mentor texts? This is definitely one for the #MentorTextFolder. “It will take more than a pandemic to change that” seems like a good back to school or notebook work assignment.

[Morgan Von Steen @mvonsteen]

This comment on @JerrySeinfeld's piece in @nytimes made me tear up. 🥺

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

Where are teachers to find the time? By cutting out prep time leading up to the tasks and throwing them into a high stakes project with scant feedback to grow from? Or by giving them less times on the tasks, which typically take two months of instruction time each? #APSeminar

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

I am sincerely concerned that @CollegeBoard has made no amendments to the assessment expectations for #APSeminar this school year. I, like many teachers, am losing 40-50% of instructional time in our hybrid reopening model. Student performance will suffer. Teachers will burn out.

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

It’s hard to lead with your ideals and good backwards design knowing you’ll have to pare down all your best ideas due to a 40-50% reduction in instructional time. But I’m forcing myself to start from that optimistic place anyway, nurturing my ideas first and editing MUCH later.

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

With the district quiet since announcing limited details of our reopening and the state reticent to announce further restrictions or a fully virtual launch, I suppose it’s August and I better get ideas together for our hybrid-learning start to the year...

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

I’m excited to read both of these this summer and see how they are in conversation with each other! Will more meaningful grading go hand-in-hand with better, faster feedback?🤔 One can hope.

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

Need to yell into cyberspace. I created a genre study of PSAs using Ad Council site. I did this Sunday, assign week’s work Monday, they REDESIGN SITE TUESDAY. Links broken. Content removed. I scramble to fix. Early bird Ss turning in Monday’s version while rest the update. 😫🤬😤

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

@jedmondson411 Ms. Burke agrees

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

@_Ms_Brooks_ @SparkNotes I can’t get enough of this account 😂

[Ms. Burke @JMBteaches]

@APforStudents Let’s say my school is still conducting virtual instruction through the end of April and my AP Seminar students are ready to present their IMPs. Can they record themselves with a tool like Google Meet (capturing both presentation and presenter) to send to me for assessment?