Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Blog Entry #4
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: Grammatical Musings
Topic: Teaching English

What is your experience with "grammar"?  Does it strike fear into the very fibre of your being, or do you secretly delight in knowing the right ways to conjugate verbs, use the ellipsis, and avoid dangling modifiers?  From whence does your opinion about grammar originate?  Where does grammar fit in to the English classroom, or does it!?  Explain... (Response due by 8/13 @ 11:59 PM)

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Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Blog Entry #3
Mood:  lyrical
Now Playing: The WRITE way...
Topic: Teaching English

Think back to middle and high school writing assignments...  You may consider ANY writing assignments doled out in English OR any other class. 

Which writing assignment was the BEST?  WHY?  How was it "graded"?  What do you think the teacher was trying to achieve with this assignment?

Which writing assignment was the WORST?  Why?  How was it "graded"?  What do you think the teacher was trying to achieve with this assignment?

Your response is due by Tuesday, 8/7 at 11:59 PM.

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Friday, 26 July 2013

Blog Entry #2
Mood:  cheeky
Now Playing: A Standard Assessment? Planning for Assessment?
Topic: Teaching English

What is your mini-philosophy (as of today) about assessment? You may choose to respond to any or all the following questions: Who should be assessed? Who should do the assessing? What should be assessed? How should the assessment be reported? Consider your past as a student--what kinds of assessments did you think were worthwhile? What kinds of assessments were official wastes o'time? WHY?

Your response is due by Tuesday, 7/31/13 at 11:59 PM :) 

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Thursday, 11 July 2013

Why English? Blog Post #1
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Teaching English

You have all chosen the truly noble profession of education.  Within that arena, you have chosen the subject area of English.  Why have you chosen English and not another discipline?  ("I have an undergraduate degree in English" and/or "I love literature" and/or "I love writing" are NOT "enough"...)  Please incorporate information from our first session within the body of your response.

Please make text-to-self, text-to-text, or text-to-world connections (assuming that the first "text" is analagous to the blog question)!

(Your post is due by 7/23/13, 11:59 PM)

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