Thursday, July 25, 2013

Teaching with Cynthia - August plan


8th grade class is 9:30-10:30 in the room across from our summer room
9th grade class is 11:15-12:30 in A&S 354
In between we'll prep for the 11:15 class and you can work on learning names. We'll probably do that in my office.

August 5
Kaitlin
August 6
No one signed up yet

August 7
Kaitlin, Dawson, Jessica

August 8
No one signed up yet

August 9
Whitney, Rachel, Jenni

August 12
Chelsea W., Leslie, Noel

August 13
Sabrina, Chelsea O., Will

August 14
Ben, David, Emily

August 15
No one signed up yet

August 16
Rob

Friday, July 12, 2013

Hillocks ch. 6

What would be interesting discussion questions to go with Hillocks ch. 6?

Hillocks ch. 6 - Eng. Pedagogy class

What would be interesting discussion questions to go with Hillocks ch. 6? Don't worry about coming back and responding to questions like we usually do. We'll discuss these in class.

Atwell Ch. 10

Friday, July 5, 2013

Foundational Philosophers

Dewey, Freire, Wink, constructivism, critical pedagogy.... Weigh in!

NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English

English folks - What great stuff did you find while surfing around at www.ncte.org?

Thursday, July 4, 2013

Placements

In the fall, we generally only place students at...
- Baldwin High School
- Oak Hill Middle School (Baldwin)
- Early College (on campus)
- Georgia Military College Middle School
- Georgia Military College High School
- Jones County High School
- Clifton Ridge Middle School (Jones Co)
- Gray Station Middle School (Jones Co)
- 9th Grade Academy (Jones Co)
- Carson Middle School (Greene Co, a longer drive, but one of the best teachers in the state is there)
- Lake Oconee Academy Middle School (a longer drive, this is a posh public charter school in Greene co)

In your post, tell me as much or as little as you want. Things you might want to tell me...
- I'd prefer to start with middle/high
- I live in X county, so I'd like to be placed there
- I want the best possible host teacher, so put me with Mr. Monell in Greene Co.
- I don't care where I am placed, I just want a host teacher who is _____
- A friend from last year's cohort said that Mr./Ms X would be a great match for me.