Monthly Archive: May 2012

May 20

Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Combined

It’s tough to teach an old dog new tricks, but this one has learned a few things that has made her life quite a bit easier, and though my technological exploits occasionally had me chasing my tail, I have came a long way from the technophobe I started out as.  I will expand on each …

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May 04

Thank you!

I wanted to take a minute to thank all of my students who made my student teaching experience so great.  You all made this worth it!

May 02

Wednesday – Chapter 18 – Mayella

The plot thickens as the trial continues. We learned about direct and indirect characterization today, and watched how Harper Lee used both methods to present Mayella Ewell to us as she testifies about her version of events. Direct characterization is when the author tells us what to think about a character, such as when a …

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