Posts for November, 2008


Write Your Own Didactic Literature

November 27th, 2008

Your assignment is to write your own didactic literature. Didactic literature is literature that instructs the reader. Writers teach lessons about how to live a moral life. They give their views about what is right and good, focusing on such qualities as honesty, courage, wisdom, and kindness. Types of Didactic Literature Maxim: a statement of [...]

Late or Missing Work Form

November 27th, 2008

Communicate with parents about a student’s late or missing assignments. Send this home and have parent sign, so they know about late or missing work.

Ways to End the Semester

November 27th, 2008

This is a list of ideas for end of the semester/year activities. Stand at the door and shake each student’s hand. Tell them you were glad they were in your class and you wish them luck next year/semester. Have students gather all major papers and other work and put them in folder in chronological order. [...]

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

November 26th, 2008

Watch the How the Grinch Stole Christmas cartoon and follow the plot structure. Students will illustrate the story plot structure on this storyboard form. The story is a perfect Christmas classic and it follows the: introduction, rising action, climax, and falling action. Pass out the storyboard form to each student. Write the above listed plot [...]

End of the Year Scrapbook Project

November 26th, 2008

This end of high school scrapbook is great for English class but can be used in most content areas. It could easily be adapted to middle school as well. High school seniors (or those leaving middle school) put 8 individual assignments into a scrapbook containing memories from high school. The following list of assignments will [...]