Friday, April 22, 2016

The Power of Student Driven Learning: Shelley Wright

I saw this talk recently on TED Talks.  Kinds are amazing and sometimes the best we can do is to get the heck out of their way.


 

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Mr. B's Bookshelf: Seed folks by Paul Fleischman

Mr. B's Bookshelf: Seed folks by Paul Fleischman: I have to say that I loved this book. It is a series of monologues from different people involved in creating and maintaining a commun...

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Poetry Project

It's that time of year again: time to make them busy with independent projects. And one of my favorites is the Poetry Project.

Here is a link to the poetry project I am setting my students to this year: Poetry Project.
While I was looking around on the Internet, I found this page from Joyce Sidman's website. I may try these either later this year, or next year. Poetry Ideas.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Mr. B's Bookshelf: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Mr. B's Bookshelf: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld: I don’t want to say that this is just another YA dystopian novel with a female main character. In a way, of course, it is. And after rea...

Mr. B's Bookshelf: Paper Towns by John Green

Mr. B's Bookshelf: Paper Towns by John Green: This book was a real roller coaster for me. I identified a great deal with Quentin, the narrator and main character of the novel. He is ...