Last month, I attended the 2015 ILA Conference, held this year in St. Louis, MO. Instead of flying out and back, as I normally would, I decided it would be fun to road trip with the family. A road trip, mind you, is different from merely travelling: One doesn’t just arrive and depart; one journeys….
ILA 2015 Presentations
Thank you to all who attended my sessions at ILA in St. Louis! I hope you left with many ideas to implement in your classrooms. As promised, here are the PowerPoints from each session. The handouts remain on the conference website. Please keep in touch and let me know how your lessons go. Enjoy! …
5 Reader Activities to Invite Higher Thinking
Here is a link to an article I wrote this week for Middleweb. You’ll find 5 engaging, practical ideas for post-reading activities. Enjoy! 5 Reader Activities to Invite Higher Thinking situs toto judi bola situs toto slot gacor situs gacor link gacor slot gacor hari ini link slot toto togel toto togel link gacor toto…
A Father’s Day Meditation on Grief and the Iliad
As I was thinking this weekend about the Charleston massacre, and about the deep suffering of this world, I found myself drawn to the books I usually turn to in times of darkness. Not the cheery self-help books that line my bookshelves for happier times, but the books that delve into depths of human experience:…
3 Ways to Meaningfully Celebrate the End of the School Year
If you’re like me, you’re exhausted by now. You’ve given your best effort for 165 days or so (not that every day was your best, but every day was your best effort for that day), and with a couple weeks left, you’re just trying to get it all done. I’m there. I also, however, feel…
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