Teaching Memphis
Monday, April 8, 2013
Shark Week for Girls
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Today, at the beginning of class, I gave my students this prompt with the explicit instructions to be detailed and legitimate in their reaso...
Monday, March 18, 2013
Ridiculous Mad Libs 2.0
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One thing that 8th graders have a hard time with is the use of context clues. When they get to a word they don't know, a lot of the time...
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Funny Vocab Quizzes, Part 19
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Some funny examples from this week's vocabulary quiz. The words were lackluster, handicap, exceptional, reimburse, boisterous, and condo...
Friday, March 1, 2013
"Coach, Show Me The Way"
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I've slowly figured out this year that one of my students is the 14-year-old version of me (or me, 11 years ago). He's hilarious and...
Saturday, January 26, 2013
He's Got Boob Cancer
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While doing online research on poverty in Memphis, this conversation occurred: CB: "Hey, Mr. Lowe, I'm gonna be gone next Thursda...
Friday, November 30, 2012
Owned By a Girl, Part Deux
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Girls are vicious . My cousin, Charlie, is getting ready to leave on his religious mission to Argentina for two years. He leaves December...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Exploding Pens and Cooking Bacon
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Yesterday, I wasn't having a whole lot of luck with my 6th period class; they've been a bit unruly these past couple weeks and I...
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