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Ozymandias (Gamified Discussion + Writing Workshop)
Today's video lesson sets teachers up to do two things: Host a Plato's Play-Doh Discussion (Say what ...???). This…
Read issue →Gamifying Classroom Discussion (With Billy Collins)
Just this morning I put the finishing touches on an article I am writing for the English Journal entitled: "Covid Killed…
Read issue →Gamifying Grammar, Punctuation, Syntax (Mickey Mouse Squares)
I've acquired quite a bit of gray hair over the past few weeks ... lots of grammar, punctuation, syntax errors…
Read issue →Does SpongeBob Have Any Pedagogical Merit? (Synthesis Essay)
In today's writing workshop video, I have students tussling with a pithy essential question: Does SpongeBob…
Read issue →The Rhetoric of Taylor Swift
I'm a strange bird in the sense that I love to teach rhetorical analysis. But it can be so pedantically boring!! Not…
Read issue →The Poetry of Mary Oliver
Early in my career, the bulk of the classroom discussions I facilitated mirrored the structure of a wagon wheel ...…
Read issue →The Poetry of Tupac Shakur
In today's video, I afford teachers a glimpse into my classroom so that they can see the following: How I gamify a…
Read issue →Michael Jordan is the G.O.A.T. (Synthesis Paper)
Offering students choice in the topics they write about is definitely a time consuming endeavor for the teacher, but man…
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