Category: Language Arts

Language arts ideas, lessons and experiments.

homeschooling

Slice of Life: Day 16

March 16, 2018

Word Hoard for Daily Slicers laundry in the washer laundry on the floor dishes in the sink dishes at the door papers ungraded dinner’s not bought but the slicing keeps on going written well or written squat kids are talking ’round me someone’s ringing the bell but, I’m clicking at my laptop come high water … More Slice of Life: Day 16

Slice of Life: Day 14

March 15, 2018

These students are ardently writing about Animal Farm, a political satire written as a cautionary tale against the evils of totalitarianism.  For a writing teacher, this is a beautiful sight:  sixteen energetic students writing and typing with confidence, using transitions, making connections between the text and the outside world, and working heartily right up to … More Slice of Life: Day 14

Slice of Life: Day 7

March 8, 2018

Hybrid Schooling and Poetry: A great Combination! When people discover that I teach high school classes one day a week, I get the question, “Where do you teach that allows you to do that?” “I teach at a hybrid school in Atlanta, Georgia,” I’ll tell them. Usually, at this point, they nod their heads, as … More Slice of Life: Day 7

reading hour

Workbooks Anonymous

October 1, 2016

“Another workbook, Mom?”  I could already see that baked look on his face.  As I peered at my young student,  a rather cumbersome pile of consumable workbooks cast a shadow on his work space. Since I wasn’t able to honestly answer his question, I said to myself, “Yikes! He’s right. We have too many workbooks going!”  This September, like so … More Workbooks Anonymous