How to Approach Your Teaching Like a Master Chef 16Oct2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez If we want our lessons to have a long-lasting impact on our students, we need to design our instruction the way a chef prepares a good meal.
Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Teacher Roundtable 9Oct2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez Four teachers discuss how using graphic novels has enriched their instruction, strengthened student comprehension, and engaged their most reluctant readers.
9 Tips for Engaging Your English Class with Pop Culture 29May2016 by Jay Meadows I have the greatest success in engaging students when I make deliberate connections between my students’ most popular interests and the “stuff” of my class.
Building Relationships with Students Through Books 8May2016 by Shelby Denhof Talking about and sharing books has become an integral part of my daily interactions with students and a pivotal part of relationship-building with them.
A Step-by-Step Plan for Teaching Argumentative Writing 7Feb2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez The art of persuasion is an essential life skill. It also happens to be part of the required curriculum for many, many teachers. In this post, I’ll share my method for teaching argumentative writing.
Can-Do Descriptors: A Free Tool for ESL Differentiation 31Jan2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez If your non-English speaking students aren’t ready to do the regular class work, what should you have them do instead? This handy tool can help.
Helping Students Make New Year’s Resolutions: A Step-by-Step Plan 1Jan2016 by Jennifer Gonzalez This week, since the topic of new year’s resolutions is likely to come up anyway, why not make a lesson out of it? Here’s a step-by-step plan to help your students make resolutions that could significantly impact their quality of life.
Back to Basics: A Review of Mike Schmoker’s “Focus” 5Nov2015 by Kristy Louden Simple is NOT a trending concept in education. But I think there is a place for simplicity and tradition in education, and Mike Schmoker agrees.
The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies 15Oct2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Here they are: 17 formats for structuring a class discussion to make it more engaging, more organized, more equitable, and more academically challenging.
