Bridging the divide between creative writing and literary analysis

 

Thomas Newkirk wrote in his blog an interesting article in which to engage your English writers.  To read the article click here.

More Teaching Advice

 

Here is some more advice for newer teachers.  Click here to see it.  I like this one as a librarian, "In college I was told: Be friends with the secretary, custodians, and librarians." 

Enjoy Your April Break

 Enjoy your April Break and we will be back on April 19th.

Teaching Physics

 

If you don't have a physics degree but might end up teaching Physics you might want to read this article in edutopia by clicking here.

Instructables Hands-on Projects

 

According to their website, "Instructables is committed to helping teachers inspire, engage, and prepare students through hands-on projects to make in the classroom. Always free, and always fun, come explore projects for your next classroom lesson!".  The have many contests/projects running at this time which you can find by clicking here.  Teachers may also want to look here for ideas for the classroom.  As of the time that I am writing this there are only two entries in both these contests and 9 and 20 prizes respectively in each contest.

Enjoy a Long Weekend

 Have a great long weekend and I will be back on Tuesday.  Here is a pic of my kids a long time ago.

Swiss Spaghetti

This could be used in your foods classroom.  For younger students and newer teachers, I thought you might want to know were spaghetti comes from.

If you would like more information about growing your own spaghetti click here.