An archived stack of papers: March 2009
Colbert Rap Battle
In a stack of papers called Connections.
- Mar
- 29
- 2009
From satire to social commentary to lessons on Power Point, Comedy Central’s got it. But I can’t find the right hook to use this clip from The Colbert Report in the classroom. I want to get the video and edit it down to segments — just show the Power Point piece, just play Colbert’s rap couplet at the end, and the like. But before I do anything, I need to know why I’m... read more
Feeling The Crisis
In a stack of papers called Instruction.
- Mar
- 28
- 2009
I don’t know about you, but I have a truckload of students who are suffering from the current financial crisis. Mom and dad are struggling to pay the mortgage, the bank is foreclosing, boxes are jam packed as they get ready to move tomorrow, students suddenly know far too much about what a short sale is, and school suddenly seems terribly distant. Writing that essay about a theme seen in One... read more
TTTC: Day One
In a stack of papers called Instruction.
- Mar
- 19
- 2009
The Things They Carried, this is the first time I’m teaching it. It’s a great book, one I had a fantastic time reading a few summers back, but I’m not really sure what to do with it in the classroom. Here’s what I did today:
Times And Handout
Reading the first ten pages takes about twenty minutes. You read the first paragraph, other students read in... read more