A couple weeks ago, I explained how I came to use the English Anchors as the "backbone" of my curriculum planning. In this follow up post, I'm going to dig into the details of this outline and explain why and how I mapped it out as I did. It isn't totally finished, but it's bound to …
Month: September 2015
Comparing Year One to Year Two (Part 1)
As an English teacher, I often ask my students to compare and contrast. (Side Note: Does anyone else agree that "compare and contrast" is redundant?) I wouldn't be a very good teacher if I didn't model the skills I expect from my students, so I'm starting a series of blog posts in which I compare …
Curriculum Writing for English
Last year, I found out I was going to have a job as a full-time teacher two weeks before the school year started. I outlined my curriculum as much as possible, but these outlining sessions didn't produce more than a few pages of random notes. With the school year quickly approaching, I fell back on the …
Learning and Teaching in the Modern Age 