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I am an English teacher working with great students at an independent school in Ct.

Connect a Moment in Section 52 to Another Location in Whitman’s Work

Posted on October 13, 2017

The technology staff in the Crowsnest is back on the job to isolate perhaps the most important part of this video that will help you understand how and why Whitman develops the first person voice in Leaves of Grass. You … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Learning, Design Thinking, Design Thinking on HMK, Homework, Honors English III, Twitter, Whitman | 9 Comments

Connect a Specific Line from Whitman’s Poetry to a Specific Scene in This PBS Documentary

Posted on October 9, 2017

The technology staff in the Crowsnest is still trying to find out why PBS took the great episode of Whitman off of their American Experience website! We found another great asset on YouTube sharing this on their channel. So, we … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Learning, American poets, AP Mindset, Design Thinking on HMK, Digital Citizenship, English III Honors, Higher Order Thinking, Whitman, YouTube | 9 Comments

Let’s Curate Digital Assets for Colonial Literary History

Posted on September 30, 2017

Religious leader Anne Hutchinson arrived in the New World from England on this day in 1634. https://t.co/1oQk9CrwX1 #apush pic.twitter.com/pZ2QkV1mZl — AP for Students (@APforStudents) September 18, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsLet’s start collecting digital assets that will enhance our study of colonial literature. … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Learning, American Literary Studies, Becoming an American Literary Critic, Colonial Literature, Twitter | Leave a comment

Let’s Use PBS Documentary to Guide Colonial Literature

Posted on September 14, 2017

PBS Frontline’s God in America helps us appreciate the Puritan way of life exhibited in Geraldine Brooks’ Caleb’s Crossing and will help us get ready to read John Winthrop’s sermon “A Model of Christian Charity.” Let’s have you just view … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Learning, American Literary Studies, Becoming an American Literary Critic | 12 Comments

Establish an Argument for the Best AP Prompt

Posted on September 14, 2017

This is just to let you know that the technology department in the Crowsnest likes to connect literature to movies; enjoy this trailer from the interesting teen movie, Easy A. Though by no means a rendition of Hawthorne’s novel, The … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Skills, AP Mindset, Honors English III | 10 Comments

Community Happens! What’s Your Take-away?

Posted on September 9, 2017

English teachers often challenge students to invest time and thought into their essays. We make handouts, write notes in the margin of essays, give pep talks, and repeatedly suggest to students the need to reflect on one’s thesis. One of … Continue reading →

Posted in #Placemaking, 21st Century Learning, Brain-Based Learning, Community Theme, Community Theme, Text, Disposition of a Critical Thinker | 64 Comments

Caleb’s Crossing as Threshold to American Literature

Posted on September 8, 2017

Geraldine Brooks’ Caleb’s Crossing will help our introduction to American literature. While there are many voice and location to begin an American literature course, this historical novel may help us appreciate the colonial invasion from the Native American point of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Literary Studies, Becoming an American Literary Critic, Colonial Literature, English III | 3 Comments

Reflect on and Locate Chinua Achebe’s Post Colonial Novel, Things Fall Apart

Posted on August 6, 2017

Let’s enjoy this informative interview with Nigerian author Chinua Achebe that was recorded fifty years after the publication of his novel, Things Fall Apart. View this interview and take notes on a few items. First note what was Achebe’s first … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Thinking on HMK, Disposition of a Critical Thinker, Summer Reading, Things Fall Apart | 2 Comments

Best Practices for Effective Blog

Posted on May 26, 2017

Does this image help you revise all the parts and nuances of a successful blog post? Importantly, did you need to revise your prose at all to incorporate well your media? This list will also help you will smaller details, … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Practices for Blogging, PQP: Praise, Question, Polish, Reflective Assessment, Twitter, Writing | Leave a comment

Dear Will on TNT #WillTNT

Posted on May 23, 2017

As scholars of a Shakespeare course at Suffield Academy, we have spent the past year studying the works of the greatest playwright of all time. When we first heard about Will on TNT, we could not contain our excitement. We would … Continue reading →

Posted in 21st Century Learning, 21st Century Skills, Shakespeare, Twitter | Leave a comment