One of the ideas that the ELA curriculum wanted students to get in this first unit was, how author background affects their work. I did like the particular piece they chose for this, Langston Hughes’ Theme for English B. It was a work that I was not familiar with, but it works well with upper […]

Sorry for the lack of posting. My family issues continue, but I’ve been doing a lot of planning (don’t worry, I got unit credit for it 😉 and felt the need to share this observation. I’m working with a Pearson text that’s part of a supplemental adoption for English and Language Arts. This text has some […]

On the plus side, this pink slip business has helped me parlay my pain, into some really great blog stats. I was averaging about 100 hits a day for a while there. I also found a new teacher blog from one of the TFA folks who commented on my post. Ms. S is working at […]