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Notice of deletion and new blog 23 Jul 2013 | 11:42 am
I'm going to delete this blog and begin updating at http://epiphanyinbmore.blogspot.com as soon as possible. Please update your links. The last three entries have already been moved.
Tour of Salinas Valley Agricultural Sites 23 Jul 2013 | 10:48 am
To know Steinbeck is to know that he wrote about the land, whether the land of the desperate "Okies" of The Grapes of Wrath or valley that enclosed Elisa "like a pot" in "The Chrysanthemums". As we be...
Grapes of Wrath in the 9th grade? 20 Jul 2013 | 08:16 am
When a colleague suggested Grapes of Wrath for the 9th grade novel, based primarily on its inclusion as an exemplar for the 9th/10th grade on the Common Core, I immediately got excited. I knew I had ...
Working Days in the Summer 19 Jul 2013 | 03:57 am
I've been considering for a while getting this blog started back up again. I miss the reflection that comes with writing regularly, and tweeting and updating my Facebook just doesn't cut it. There wer...
The BCPSS teacher contract, one year later 2 Dec 2011 | 10:36 am
I was just interviewed by the Baltimore Sun for an article about the implementation of the new teacher contract. My take on it: one year into a three-year deal, the fact that there is no AU system in ...
Fertile Concrete 30 Nov 2011 | 03:03 pm
Back in the day when I was a good blogger, I wrote about a young man named "Bobby," my most memorable student ever. I taught this enigmatic young man as a 9th grader way back in 2003, then as a 11th g...
Obliblog II 22 Nov 2011 | 05:16 pm
I'm trying to be a good blogger, but I haven't even had a Facebook Status update since Friday, and that one was just asking if we had the "Works" sessions on that Saturday. I'm a big FB updater, so th...
AUs = Leprechaun Gold 20 Nov 2011 | 10:45 am
Today, I attended the 3rd of 10 AP English "Works" sessions conducted by the BCPSS. I like it -- it's a group of teachers sitting around talking about how to teach rigorous skills and texts to urban k...
Dumb It Down 19 Nov 2011 | 05:16 pm
I think, if I get between units and the time to do it, I'd like to give my 9th graders -- particularly the ones in the afternoon, the ones really rough around the edges -- the chance to dig into a hip...
Obligablog 18 Nov 2011 | 05:02 pm
I don't know much about Daylight Savings but I know that I leave when it's dark and I get home when it's dark this time of year. It's been an exhausting week, but mostly pretty good I guess. I came u...
