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Many of us will present “The Gift of the Magi,” O. Henry’s tale of gift giving and self-sacrifice in December, and friend of the blog Kate McCook just shared a link to a 15-minute film that beautifully modernizes the clas*ic short story. “I came across this lovely short film set during the Greek economic crisis,” she emailed this week. “I’m thinking of showing it to my clas* for a little treat and exposure to world culture.” Thanks, Kate, for sharing the good stuff – this one’s definitely going into my rotation, too. Continue A few years ago, I shared my P.E. department colleagues’ inspired use of stations on the day before we left for Thanksgiving break. and it’s going extremely well. My 10th grade students love their weekly routine and SSR a parent contacted the guidance counselor and wanted to switch from my gen ed clas* to an honors clas* because she said her son was bored and wasn’t feeling challenged in English clas*. The guidance counselor told her it was too late in the semester to switch him to an honors clas*, but the counselor also told me about the request and asked me to “give him more work.” Continue reading → Books, though, are different. Somehow, the images in my mind aren’t as gory as those on the screen and good short stories don’t rely on cheap jump-scares; instead, there are heavy things to actually think about and I suppose that’s my favorite kind of terrifying. Continue I’ve started reading again. After a moment of unpleasant reflection when I publicly admitted I’m an English teacher who doesn’t actually read much, I decided to make a change. The uncomfortable truth is that we give our time to the things that matter most to Hi there! I’m a first-year teacher and I’ve been a fan of your blog since I started my credential program. Your first day stations You’d think I’d know better by now. Every summer, I make big plans. Every fall, reality hits. Continue reading →