Ms. Minchew

I am an English 2 & 3 teacher at Porter High School, and I sponsor the Korean Language and Culture Club. 안녕하세요! Go Spartans!

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Learning iambic pentameter with famous Shakespearean lines. Unstressed syllables are relaxing, and stressed syllables are standing tall! #Spartanpoets #ncisd #SpartansLearn #PHSFOCUS2020

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Reading pop sonnets - “sonnetized” pop songs - aloud during sonnet workshop, while everyone tries to guess the original. “Let It Go”, “Single Ladies”, “Bohemian Rhapsody” and more!

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Korean Club decorating my room while watching KPop Christmas videos. 😄 #KoreanClub #kcult #porterhighschool

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Student’s choice for writing today! Choice 1: write a one-page fiction narrative from the story spine. Choice 2: Created a comic from the story spine. (Both choices must have all 7 elements of narrative.) Choice 3: write and illustrate 3 haiku poems using sensory details.

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Pitching story spines for fiction writing. #SpartansWrite #PHSFocus2020 #PHSEnglish #NCISD

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Using the Pixar Story Spine to outline fiction narratives. #PHSFocus2020 #spartanswrite #PHSEnglish

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@JStevens_TX @ncte -The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel (and all her other books, too.)
-Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam.

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I had my English 3 students write me a short email about where they see themselves in five years. My favorite line from this assignment so far:
"I see myself living in a nice big house and having a lion as a pet."
I need her dream to come true so I can go visit a pet lion.

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Good readers take notes as they read. Using Facts/Questions/Response strategy as students engage with Ayn Rand’s Anthem. #spartanslearn #PHSFOCUS2020 #spartansread

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Thinking and writing about dystopias today in English 2. I chose a photo from our world (Pripyat, Russia, near Chernobyl) and had them imagine what kind of world it might be. #spartanslearn #spartanswrite #ela

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@kthomas0817 Happy belated birthday! I hope it was lovely!

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Learning roots and affixes through puzzles and competition. Group with the most words with the correct meanings will win a prize! #Spartanslearn #ncisd #phsfocus2020 #spartanwordherders

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Dictionary skills abound! #Spartanslearn #phsfocus2020 #ela

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Writing time using a quickwrite prompt. #spartanslearn #phsfocus2020 #ela #spartanswrite