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http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Think-Like-Shakespeare/237593

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A great video on what is plagiarism and some basic ways to avoid it when writing a paper.

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Often times a student will ask us for a book recommendation. On this website, type in a title or author that you enjoyed and a list of other possible titles you might like are generated. I like it because it's a quick list of titles you can easily share; another site to try besides GoodReads. - Copeland

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Megan Maxwell shared this idea at a training this summer, and I thought it was a great idea for student writing. You give your students five different pictures, and they create a story using the pictures. It sounds so simple, yet I believe the results can be powerful. This website has photos available or you can pick five images of your own. Food for thought. - Copeland

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Five Card Flickr

As of Tue, 05 Jan 2021 17:00:03 +0000 26397 Five Card stories have been created on this site from a pool of 28452 tagged photos.

This quasi experimental web site is designed to foster visual thinking. It is based completely, or more loosely... copied, from the Five Card Nancy game devised by comics guru Scott McCloud and the nifty web version at 741.5 Comics.

However, rather than drawing from a hand of randomly chosen panels of the old Nancy comic, my version draws upon collections of photos specified by a tag in flickr. You are dealt five random photos for each draw, and your task is to select one each time to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures.

When you are done, you the option to add a title and explanation, then you can save the story so you can put a link in your resume or send to your Mom (she pay print it out and tape it to the fridge, or she may criticize your creativity, your mileage and mom may vary). Plus we offer the ability to tweet your story or use an embed code to add it to your own web site.

What do they look like? What a fantastic question you ask!

We have a growing collection of mixed bag stories, but for an example see a random one such as we have inserted here.

The code for this site is opensource and available at http://code.google.com/p/fivecardflickr/

So what are you waiting for? Take a fling at weaving a tale with pictures only!

And if you liked Five Card Flickr, try doing something similar with photos and audio- see John Johnston's flickrsounds.

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As of Tue, 05 Jan 2021 17:00:03 +0000 26397 Five Card stories have been created on this site from a pool of 28452 tagged photos. This quasi experimental web site is designed to foster visual thinking. It is based completely, or more loosely...

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Notice that Book Love and Revision Decisions made the must read list. Is there one here that may be helpful in your classroom? I plan to start with Choice Words by Peter H. Johnston.

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10 Pedagogical Must-Reads for Workshop Teachers

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I met with my new student teacher a few weeks ago, and he asked me to borrow any books that might help him get going on the readers-writers workshop-the "theory" version of Jackie's starter kit.

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph - Blank Graphic Organizer

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph - Blank Graphic Organizer

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Here is a blank version of the graphic organizer used in the sample paragraph breakdown for students to use in planning a paragraph or (short answer).

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph -- Blank Graphic Organizer

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph -- Blank Graphic Organizer

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Here is the blank version of used in the sample paragraph breakdown for students to use in planning a paragraph (or short answer).

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Breakdown of an analytical paragraph example

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph -- Sample Paragraph Breakdown

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph -- Sample Paragraph Breakdown

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This is a short answer that scored 3 on last spring's STAAR. We broke it down to show students how includes assertions, support, and thematic conclusion.

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Breakdown of an analytical paragraph example

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph -- Revised Rubric

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph -- Revised Rubric

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Rubric with added information based on examination of short answers that scored "3" on the STAAR. Information in red is the information we added based on our findings.

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Short Answer Rubric -- WHS revised version

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph

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Writing a Well-Supported Analytical Paragraph

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Easy-to-follow steps to writing a strong analytical paragraph/short answer.

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This is a color-coding practice for ARIS+ writing. I used the short answer from the English 2 Unit 2B Assessment which my students had taken the previous week. I did not return the SAR they had already written, instead having them redo the SAR entirely. I had them color code their response. Then, only after they were finished, I returned their original response and had them color code it as well. They compared their answers, and most students' responses improved drastically.

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Here is the YouTube link for the video. The section dealing with his voice-over work for Toy Story is @ 6:00-7:55.

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inside the actors studio inside the actors studio tom hanks

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Here is my lesson from PLC today about stage directions. I haven't found a way to black out the stage directions on the page.

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Goes with Rachel's Challenge, also goes with English 1 "Night"

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Mr Dona's Classroom Episode #2: Imagery I do no own the Boy Meets World Clip. ABC has the rights

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Book Love Conference Sheets, Teacher Record Sheets, intro slides, notebook set up...

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Book Love Conference Sheets, Teacher Record Sheets, intro slides, notebook set up...

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I have an Independent Reading binder where I keep weekly reading record sheets, student records, and conference pages. I have shared these with each of you on your GoogleApps account, along with the documents listed in the title of this post.

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Excel file; I pass this around while they're reading. They log their starting page for the day and total their pages every Monday. If they finish a book and start another during the week, they use the second line (included a sample on the bottom of each page). It's not attaching in the correct format; I can email it to you if you'd like. Just let me know.

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I'm going to post some things I'm using right now. They aren't perfect; my students are helping me to work out kinks. The first is the letter I sent to parents at the beginning of the year.

We read the first ten minutes of every class period (except when we have tests or Timed Writings), we calculate our reading rates on per-book basis, keep daily/weekly reading rate logs, keep a reader's comp book; I do a book talk once a week. I'm about to schedule reading conferences  (I didn't want to do those during reading time because it felt distracting and I wanted to model the reading). If you have any questions, I'd be happy to try to help.

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English I  -- Targeted Skills based on date from Revising/Editing section of 2014 & 2015 EOC -- (13C & 15A)

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English I  -- Targeted Skills based on date from Revising/Editing section of 2014 & 2015 EOC -- (13C & 15A)

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Mr. Dona's Classroom Episode #3 Tone and Mood

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Short Answer Cross Selections

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Short Answer Graphic Organizer for Single Selection

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How to Write a Theme Statement

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assignment/mini lesson. Choose two or more political cartoons to discuss and analyze.

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We would like to continue using ARIS(E). We used it last year and feel that with the addition of a graphic organizer we can make gains in the short answer arena this year.

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Easy to change for all kinds of texts

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This site was suggested by Megan, and it's great for finding a text to use at a particular grade level and/or for a particular topic or theme. Check it out.

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Idea for college essay (or any personal narrative/reflective) prewriting

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Idea for college essay (or any personal narrative/reflective) prewriting

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This blog is fantastic : here's a link to one prewriting exercises, guided by the author in a voice stream:

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Why a green pen? I always carry a green pen because I grade all my students' essays in green. Why green? Because when a student gets an essay back and it's covered in red marks it can tend to look bloody, like a battlefield. But if a student gets an essay back that's covered in green it looks verdant. Also, red means "stop" (like a stoplight), but green says "keep going." And that's the essence I want to communicate to my students: keep going. The green pen in my essence object box is more than a green pen.

I would also place in my essence box a well-worn North Carolina Tarheel blue and white basketball. Why? I came home from the hospital wearing Carolina Blue, so I've been a Carolina fan, almost literally, since birth. I've spent more time on a basketball court than virtually anywhere else (which is why the ball is well-worn), and basketball also represents my connection with my dad: when I was a kid we'd watch Carolina games together and play basketball in the backyard for hours. This basketball is more than a basketball.

I would also have the blue Bible with my name etched on it in gold lettering that my grandma gave me when I was seven. (See how specific I'm getting?) For me, this particular Bible represents my having been raised in the Presbyterian Church. And my parents were missionaries, so you could imagine a lot of who I am today has been shaped by the Sunday morning services we attended at Weaverville Presbyterian Church, to which I would always carry my blue Bible. This Bible is more than a Bible.

You get the idea.

I want you to make a list of 20 objects. (Don't complain-you are infinitely complex and creative and could come up with a thousand-I'm asking for just 20.)

Important: Don't write what the objects mean to you as I have just done. I just want you to write the objects. So my list would begin like this:

green Precise v5 extra fine rolling ball pen

worn-down, rubber North Carolina basketball

blue Bible with my name stitched on it in gold lettering

annotated copy of The Brothers Karamazov

friendship bracelet

black and white composition notebook

Evanston Hockey t-shirt

...You get the idea.

Just write the objects with a couple details that describe each, no commentary needed yet.

If it helps, put on some music. Let your mind wander.

QUESTIONS TO HELP WITH THE OBJECTS EXERCISE
What's something you never leave home without? What's a snack you crave? A food that reminds you of your family? A food that reminds you of home? A tradition that reminds you of home? What else reminds you of home? An object that represents your best friend? An object that represents your father? Your mother? Your grandparents, or lack thereof? Something you loved and lost? A toy you used to play with as a kid? Something that makes you laugh? A book you love? Best movie ever? Favorite guilty pleasure movie? An object that represents something abstract that you broke (a heart, a promise)? An object that represents a regret? A favorite gift you received? A favorite gift you gave? An object that represents a secret? (Don't worry, this stays between us.) Something about you no one else knows? Something you stole? Something you found? Something that makes you feel safe? The worst thing that ever happened to you? The best thing? The logo on your imaginary business card? The image you'd like carved into your tombstone? An object that represents: a smell you love, a smell you hate, a taste you love, a taste you hate, the sweetest sound in the world? The coolest thing about science? Something you forgot? Something old? Something new? Something borrowed? Something blue? An accident? Best thing you ever found in the street? Best money you ever spent? Your life lie? Your favorite object? Something from another country? Your favorite sentence? You'd cry if you lost this? An object that represents someone you'd like to know more about? Something you'll never get rid of? A perfect moment? A time you laughed so hard you cried? A time you cried so hard you laughed? An image you'll never forget? What they'd put in the museum of your life? The cover image on your first self-titled album? Three objects from your room? A near-death experience? A moment when you were so embarrassed you wanted to disappear? Recurring dream? Worst (actual) nightmare? When were you most afraid? If you had a clone, what would you have the clone do? A time you were speechless? The moment you left childhood behind? A quotation you love? Your favorite photo?
ONCE YOU'VE WRITTEN YOUR LIST OF ESSENCE OBJECTS

Survey your list. Which essences are missing? Is every aspect of you there (that you can think of)? Think more abstractly. Think of qualities not yet represented on the list. How could you phrase those qualities in terms of objects? For example, if you keep lists, perhaps a post-it note? Are you easily angered (lighter fluid)? Good at lots of things (a Swiss Army Knife)? Or sharp (an Exacto knife)?

Write down three more objects.

SHARING YOUR OBJECTS LIST (OPTIONAL)

Sometimes it helps to talk your list over with a partner. Why? Because sometimes the questions a partner might ask will help you clarify your own objects or how they might find their way into your essay. Here's a video of a student sharing about two objects from his list:

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Why a green pen? I always carry a green pen because I grade all my students' essays in green. Why green? Because when a student gets an essay back and it's covered in red marks it can tend to look bloody, like a battlefield.