I respect Jim Burke a lot. Here’s why: He’s a prolific author of helpful books for teachers, and, get this: he still teaches; He’s a co-author on the high school edition of They Say/I Say (I partially explain my obsession with this book here, here, and here); In addition to a sharp mind, I sense that […]
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9 Complex Text Resources I’m Pretty Pumped About Right Now
Recently, there’s been a trend in the messages I’ve received from the stellar stock of humanity known as you, the Teaching the Core readership (btw, if you ever need to contact me, just use this link — it goes straight to my inbox). Here’s what I’ve been receiving: life-improving, useful resources for 1) finding complex texts for […]
Going a Bit Deeper with the They Say / I Say Two-Paragraph Template
Two posts ago, I introduced Graff/Birkenstein’s two-paragraph They Say / I Say template I’ve been requiring my students to use in response to our argumentative Articles of the Week (and, by the way, articles of the week are the original idea of Kelly Gallagher). And as a disclaimer, I’m about to nerd out pretty heavily on […]
How to Dominate Your Common Core Supply Needs with DonorsChoose.org
So you’re eager to challenge your students, Common Core style, with some challenging, complex texts. Or you’re having students debate, but you’d like to get a Flip camera to record them for feedback. Or you’d like some paper. (I’ve taught in that school, too.) The problem is schools have budgets, and, too often, they don’t […]
Dave’s Summer 2013 Reading List
Wow, this year has flown by. Last Friday, I walked out of my school for the last time this school year. (This morning, I will re-enter it for world history curriculum work, but let’s ignore that for a moment.) The beginning of summer means, to me, the beginning of some semblance of reflective leisure. Sure, […]