In the last month I've read "A Rose for Emily" with five sections of students. One of these five classes predicted the end with 20% of the story to go.
That class was the 'struggling' reading class, not either of the 2 AP classes.
i’m the person that always suggests playing a card or board game in the friend group (i require constant stimulation) so i’m going to start a thread rating games. there will be three categories; level of fun, chance of starting a fight, and ease of explanation.
@baileymariie_ @wolterstorffa To be clear (opinion of an English teacher): they really did not have to do all that. It’s cool that they did, but you’re not “dumb” for not understanding it. Thesauruses are a powerful tool that can make writing very convoluted.
Instead of discussing books that should be banned, the RCAS board simply listed them as items to be destroyed among other surplus items on the consent agenda for tomorrow night's meeting. Used desks and refrigerators are being recycled. The books are set for destruction.
good morning to every english teacher who woke up this morning like “today’s the day I assign a short story that will haunt them till the day they die”
"I understand that it is important to share these locations but at what cost when their locations eventually get into the hands of those who have no good intentions or appreciation for the past?" I feel the heartbreak in James' article.
Today on Holocaust Remembrance Day, today when a Tennessee school board decided to remove the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "Maus" from its curriculum, today when teaching about racism is under attack…77 years ago today my dad, barely 6 years old, was liberated from Auschwitz.