It’s That Time Of Year Again: Here’s How My Ninth-Graders Evaluated The Class & Me
My ninth-grade English class last year was a tough one, as you can see from my report on how they evaluated me a year ago — which happened to be reprinted in The Washington Post. This year, happily, though my two mainstream ninth-grade English classes are not without their challenges, things are much better and similar to previous years. And you can see all of my previous year’s evaluations at Th
Teaching A Person To Fish, “Buying The Pond,” & Social Emotional Learning
I heard the above quote — or something similar to it — on Public Radio International yesterday in their story on squatters. A person with a group supporting squatters said it, but PRI only published a portion of the story on their site, so I can’t give proper attribution or the exact quote. But I was really struck by his take on the old saying “Give a person a fish, and feed him/her for a day. Te
My New BAM! Podcast: “Character, Grit, Perseverance: Magic Bullet?”
Character, Grit, Perseverance: Magic Bullet? is the latest episode of my BAM! Radio ten minute podcast. Debbie Silver and Jason Flom, who are contributors to my column next week in Education Week Teacher, participate in this interview.
Writing Prompt For “The Long March”
As regular readers know, My Best Posts On Writing Instruction contains, among other things, various writing prompts I use in my classes. One of the books we read in my ELL U.S. History class is The Long March: The Choctaw’s Gift to Irish Famine Relief. It tells the story of how some survivors of the Trail Of Tears raised money to help the Irish suffering from the Great Potato Famine. Here’s the w
New Hans Rosling Video: “Will saving poor children lead to overpopulation?”
I’m adding this new Hans Rosling video to The Best Hans Rosling Videos:
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The Power Of A Phone Call Home
We’re finishing up the first semester this week, and, as usual, I’ll be sharing the results of anonymous student evaluations of our classes and of me. I’ll probably get to tabulating them over the weekend. I’ve also already shared many of the finals I’m giving to students this week. However, I haven’t shared all of the projects I have students do. One of their final semester projects is to write a
1-22-14 Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL
Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… | …For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL: “Trove” Is A New Personalized Newsreader With PromiseTrove has just been launched by the previous owners of The Washington Post. I’m not sure that it’s radically different from the other sites on The Best Sites For Creating Personalized “Newspapers” Online list, but it seems like it’s worth trying out — especially since my
