55 Thoughts for English Teachers All of a sudden, I have been teaching public school English for a decade. Why am I surprised? I never thought I would be a high school teacher. I never took education courses. Only now am I beginning to reconcile my different professional selves: teacher, adjunct professor, and writer. For years I avoided writing about my full-time profession. I didn’t avoid writing about teaching because I was ashamed of my profession, though I am aware that save for a handful of other teacher-writers scattered around the country, the majority of my literary peers work in higher education or publishing. There are few professions more confusing, or misrepresented, than high school teaching. I hesitate to call what follows “advice,” though it might seem as such. 1.You need to love words. 2.Students can sense a lot of things. 3.Do not confuse reading passions with reading biases. 4.Speaking of poetry: they will hate the idea of it, but they already love and live the soul of it. 5. 17.You need to be awake.
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Origami Kusudama Flower Folding Instructions - How to make an Origami Kusudama Flower Kusudama (translated as "medicine ball") were traditionally used as incense and poutpurri, from real flowers or herbs. Decorative kusudama are made by using folded paper origami units glued together. These instructions show how to make a simple kusudama flower. Made this origami? You can watch our origami kusudama flower video instructions, or check out the step-by-step photos below. Origami Kusudama Flower Step 1: Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15cm x 15cm) square origami paper, color side down. Fold paper in half on the horizontal diagonal axis. Origami Kusudama Flower Step 2: Now fold both the right and left corners to the top. Origami Kusudama Flower Step 3: Now fold the edge BD onto the edge DE. Repeat on the left side: Origami Kusudama Flower Step 4: Place your finger in one of the outer pockets, and make a squash fold as shown in the next three photos. Repeat the squash fold on the left side: Origami Kusudama Flower Step 5: Fold down both tips. Page 1
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Creating and Managing a Classroom Library The end of my fifth year of teaching is fast approaching (June 12th!) which means it’s time to reflect, relax, and read. It’s also that time of year when I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I get all (or most) of my books back and realize how much more my library has grown. A week or so ago one of my Twitter followers suggested that I write a post about how I manage my class library which really made the wheels start turning. I want to note that I am by no means some kind of classroom library expert (if there is such a thing), nor do I think my way of doing things is the best. Background: I decided to create a class library when I took my college Young Adult Lit class. My library before my first day of teaching. Creating Your Library and Spending: I’ll admit, creating and managing a class library can be expensive. Another way to add books to your classroom library is to let students know that they can donate their books. Student donated book label. Organization: My graphic novels shelf
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