https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources Made with a curious mind en-us 2018-10-14 17:43:46 UTC 2024-10-21 00:29:03 UTC hello@padlet.com imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292566843 Linda Rief:  Then Quickwrite Handbook (a resource for helping students engage both reading and writing authentically and with their own voices)]]> 2018-10-14 17:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292566843 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292567370 Danielle S. Allen:  Our Declaration (Her analysis of form and function of the document itself and its language in what she describes as democratic writing is both readable and immediate.  Her chapter on memos helped students understand the function of the document in its time.)]]> 2018-10-14 17:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292567370 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292567827 Ted Hughes:  Tales from Ovid.  (Hughes's poems are lively, immediate adaptations of Ovid's work, and they are far more accessible than Mandelbaum for high school students.)]]> 2018-10-14 17:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292567827 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292569839 Brain Pickings:  The Courage to Be Yourself (a great piece on finding your voice)]]> 2018-10-14 18:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/292569839 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307510615 Practical suggestions about student choice, including student questions.  She makes some interesting comments about creating choice in essay writing--how to structure and organize an essay, for example. Students determine organization and structure based on audience and purpose as well as content.  ]]> 2018-11-25 14:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307510615 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307511014 This teacher provides feedback that directs students to look at their errors without any teacher corrections.  She does not provide a grade.  Students reap the reward of finding their own mistakes and learning from them.  Raises the question of when the summative grade is final.  (When the learning is accomplished.  This means summatives are formative....)]]> 2018-11-25 14:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307511014 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307582334 A worthwhile feedback strategy when reviewing writing:  Highlight the "trivial" (mechanical, grammatical, stylistic) and comment on the substantive.  The writers sometimes self-correct their highlighted errors; otherwise, the highlights point to a brief lesson.]]> 2018-11-25 23:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307582334 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307584403 The Struggle to Save Our Schools:  Preserving democracy will mean preserving the democratic qualities of public education.  Deserves thought on a socioeconomic as well as a racial level.]]> 2018-11-25 23:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/307584403 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/316812281 Ancient Epic Poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil by Charles Rowan Boye includes an analysis of the structure and content of The Odyssey.  Most useful:  Beye's analysis of the epic as comedy that includes elements of saga and folktale.  He also discusses the place of women as power-brokers in the story.  This comes after his suggestion that this is a text about a marginalized hero who might be best appreciated by marginalized people.  Evidence: Odysseus, and many other characters, often communicate via subtext, a method unnecessary to people with power, who speak directly.]]> 2018-12-28 20:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/316812281 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/316947728 Express gratitude helps people to  sleep better, lower stress and improve interpersonal relationships. Earlier this year, a study found that keeping a gratitude journal decreased materialism and bolstered generosity among adolescents.

]]> 2019-01-01 03:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/316947728 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/317648053 This WAPO  essay describes a mother's efforts to teach her children empathy by having them reflect on moments of tension and conflict in their lives, identifying the emotions and debriefing how they handled them and how they might handle them in the future.  She talks about neuroplasticity and strengthening neural pathways through practice.  This brings to mind a New Yorker review of Sorkin's adaptation of Mockingbird for the theater.  The magazine's critic argued that Atticus was a slender Trump in a white suit saying there is goodness to be found in a neo-Nazi, for example. A magazine reader wrote back this week pointing out that this is not Atticus, that Mockingbird is all about learning empathy by respecting the human decency (or the potential for it) in everyone.  This is the heart of the book, Atticus's advice about walking around in someone else's skin--specifically Miss Caroline's in the advice he gives to Scout after the first day of first grade.  The WAPO essay and our readings remind me of the importance of practice in terms of skills and content as well as empathy.  Essential question:  How does this text (any text) teach empathy?  https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/01/04/cultivating-empathy-my-children-neuroscience-perspective/?utm_term=.71a0002b64d9]]> 2019-01-06 11:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/317648053 imsandycarlson https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/327114881 "Warner blames this on decades of educational reform rooted in standardization, assessments, and accountability. We have done no more, Warner argues, than conditioned students to perform "writing-related simulations," which pass temporary muster but do little to help students develop their writing abilities. This style of teaching has made students passive and disengaged. Worse yet, it hasn’t prepared them for writing in the college classroom. Rather than making choices and thinking critically, as writers must, undergraduates simply follow the rules—such as the five-paragraph essay—designed to help them pass these high-stakes assessments."]]> 2019-02-03 21:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/imsandycarlson/ProfessionalResources/wish/327114881