"Alan,
I spent this past year teaching an 9th grade repeater English class. While the original concept of this class (a small class where I could work intensely with the students) never really panned out, it quickly became one of the most…"
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Trisha Baker commented on Alan Sitomer's blog post Teaching kids who are not motivated to learn wears on youTrisha Baker left a comment for Shannon"Yay Shannon! I am so glad you joined. Now get those SIM questions done! =)"
Trisha Baker commented on Alan Sitomer's blog post Creating Great Teachers"Alan, I am loving your blogs!
I think that great teachers are molded, not born or made. In order to be willing to be molded there is a certain set of beliefs that a teacher must have.
What is in this set?
Well the most important and basic is the…"
Trisha Baker replied to Alan Sitomer's discussion is this School the Answer or a Farce?"Just by looking at the requirements that are required to get into this school, it doesn't surprise me that it rates among the highest in California. The article states students are "academically motivated", have "near-perfect…"
Trisha Baker replied to Gaetan Pappalardo's discussion Star Wars in the group Dragon's Breath"Hands down, Han Solo. Rakish good looks, living a life of adventure plus a loyal seven foot tall fur covered friend to boot. What else is there to want? Oh yeah, he gets the princess too!"
Trisha Baker replied to Gaetan Pappalardo's discussion Rudy: Dreams do come true with honesty, patience, and kick-butt-ness. in the group Movies Worth Remembering"Ugh, I have mixed feelings about this movie. It's really the mixed feelings I have about a lot of movies based on real life characters. While the story, as told in the film, is inspiring and uplifting it's what happened to Rudy in his life…"
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Back to School
Hopefully this works. While this is not one of my favorite movies, I have always loved this scene. Pardon the "adult language" at the end of the clip.See More
Trisha Baker joined Barry Lane's groupMovies Worth Remembering
Most movies these days are not worth remembering. They seek only to entertain, not inform or transform our way of thinking. Here is a place to share movies that, like great books, have changed us as people. and as writers. Post YouTube clips.See More
Trisha Baker commented on Barry Lane's group What are you Reading?"Ken, we have both boys and girls reading Twilight at our school. The boys like the action and the girls like the love story. Both sexes seem to really like The Hunger Games.
I just finished reading Chris Crutcher's Deadline. It a story about a…"
Trisha Baker replied to Joy's discussion Welcome! in the group Take Back The Classroom"I believe this involves a sort of contract that spells out what is expected of the student, parent and teacher. (It's a Baldrige idea which actually is a good one). If everyone is to be held accountable, which it seems few are these days,…"
Trisha Baker replied to Barry Lane's discussion Testing Stories: Human Tales About Inhuman Situations in the group Take Back The Classroom"In our district , we have had students at the gifted elementary school start crying after they took the state social studies test because they did not know the answers."
Trisha Baker replied to Barry Lane's discussion Testing Stories: Human Tales About Inhuman Situations in the group Take Back The Classroom"Paul,
We used give PLATO tests for Math and English for our 9th graders on the computer and it was a disaster. Even after giving students the proper set up for the tests (reasons for it, it's testing what you've already learned, blah,…"
Trisha Baker commented on Barry Lane's group What are you Reading?"So last week I finished the Twilight series. I enjoyed it buteverything wrapped up so neatly in the end. I guess I like my literature a little bit messier!"
Trisha Baker replied to Gaetan Pappalardo's discussion The X-Gene. in the group Dragon's Breath"I want to be able to control the weather like Storm. That way I could always have a snow day when I wanted, make sure the weather was crappy on test days so the students wouldn't be distracted andmy weekends would never be ruined by bad weather."
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- How would you describe your work?
- I teach English in an urban high school where we combine literature and composition.
My writing is a mishmash of whatever I'm feeling at the time, mostly essays.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 10:11pm on August 26, 2009,
Michael Dwyer said…
- You may be interested in The Rochester Writers' Conference: www.RochesterWriters.com
- At 12:17am on May 5, 2009,
Amber White said… - Last summer, I got sucked into the Twilight books too! Gotta read what the kids are into. A lot tweens & teens in our district are reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. This book is pretty cool. The illustrations are phenomenal and are an essential part to the story. If you have some spare time, check out Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff. This book is fun reading and clever in the the sense that it requires the reader to make inferences throughout the book to build the story (due to the various text mediums)...an awesome teaching tool.
- At 11:50pm on May 3, 2009,
Gaetan Pappalardo said… - Welcome!!!
- At 10:24pm on May 3, 2009,
Barry Lane said… - Welcome Trisha.
Great to have you here.
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