This week my students are working on their Language Autobiographies (here are some past examples). The assignment (inspired by Marsha Pincus years ago,) requires them to use personal experience, written in the form of scenes of memory (thanks Jessi), to develop larger ideas about language in their lives or language in the world. It’s a […]Read Post ›
This is an excerpt from a chapter about using drama in the classroom that I was asked to write years ago: During the time that I have used drama projects in both English and Social Studies classrooms I have found that what it provides students is a way to explore course content while making a […]Read Post ›
This is the beginning section of the Writing Autobiography that I wrote in Graduate School. It’s amazing to think about how different my early educational experiences were from the early experiences of many of my students… When I was young writing was natural. It made me feel good. Words flowed. New ideas were constantly being […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 