Storyology from Both Sides of the Page
The type of student that we want to send to college is nothing new. When Common Core compiled their college and career ready list, all teachers–young and new–recognized those descriptions of what we have tried to mold for years. But, we have to admit, how we teach our kids to be like that is a […]
I get it–it’s easier. But, that doesn’t mean it should be done. It kills me when my high school freshmen mix up motifs and themes. Thinking they’re interchangeable, it makes it almost impossible to get them to understand how very different they are. It’s frustrating for me. Motifs are everywhere in life; we need to […]
Reviewing all of the video creators below, I found that these would be the most engaging, helpful, and appropriate for 9-12th graders.
The difference between finding a place to live and finding a home is the community around it. It’s so important to find others with the same lifestyle as you. Yet, as they get older, we teach students to drift from place to place without a second thought. They drift from class to class, school to […]
This post includes affiliate links that will lead you to other websites that I do not own. Read the full disclosure here. What started as a way to measure student mastery became a way to compete and beat ourselves up. But, why is that? Why do grades have to represent our failures rather than our chances […]