I loved seeing how my IB students have grown in their literary analysis today as they worked together in groups to annotate and then share their thinking with their classmates!
Knew it was a big ask to start a poetry unit right before break (especially after my English 11 students crushed the Writing WorkKeys last week), but my students did AMAZING today!
When @AtomicMsH forces you to make your Othello review more interactive and it's not only effective but just as fun as ever!
I got to dress up as a Disney character today AND annotate Othello?! 3 of my favorite things! Happy Halloween!
After engaging in a Pear Deck review of theme, students were given choices how they wanted to review lit terms during "arts and crafts," while I worked with small groups based on our pre-assessment data. Fun way to wrap up the week and head into a 4 day weekend! #IBLit
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The best "final" I ever gave was asking small groups of students to work together to build concept maps that linked themes, concepts, ideas, quotes, and images from the term together in a way that showed how they thought the different pieces fit together.
ALT A concept map with empathy at the center and quotes scattered around with arrows indicating relationship.
ALT A concept map with "Shall I Project a World?" at the center and quotes scattered around from various novels and articles.
ALT A concept map with agency at the center surrounded by quotes and images from the term.
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Remember to go to Clausen Hall for Pride Time on Dec 13 to get help in drafting and revising your short stories! Hope to see everyone there!
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English teachers should have an additional prep period for reading and providing feedback on student writing. It takes over 8 hours for a writing teacher with 100 students to read and respond to a typical set of essays - and that's assuming only 5 minutes per essay. #bfc530
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TOMORROW! Bring cash to get some goodies and support the AWC 3:30-4:00pm tomorrow outside the auditorium.
It's not too early for snow in Mrs. Hanson and Ms. Hsia's English 11 class. Loved this discussion strategy! #atomnation
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Make sure to sign up for the Atoms Writing Center in the December Activities Day form if you are interested in becoming an AWC tutor! Excited to see you all there :)
I have given feedback on over 400 practice WorkKeys responses in the last month. I hope it pays off for my students today!
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The English Department is Barbie Land! Here’s the English 11 team’s take… 😍. Love you, Barbies!
