Its Not Your Mothers English Class

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Its Not Your Mothers English Class!
Terri Browning Oxford High School www.usd358.com O
xford 67119 620-455-2410 terri.browning_at_usd358.com
lovepoejrr_at_hotmail.com
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• I became a teacher because after just a few
  years I became bored in my previous jobs
• Circulation assistant at a daily newspaper
• College admissions office manager
• Site manager for Friendship Meals
• Insurance agent
• Bank teller
• Real estate agent
• High school principals secretary

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Trust me when I say, boredom hasnt been an issue
in the last 13 years!
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Wouldnt it be simpler if things never changed?!
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Get real!
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Thank goodness, over the last 20 years our
clothes have changed, our hairstyles have
changed, even our cars have changed.
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Remember me?
Funny on TV - not funny in the classroom
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We cant afford to lose them by teaching like we
did in the 80s!
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Although it is probably not the job of classroom
teachers to entertain students, it is the job of
every classroom teacher to engage students.
Robert J. Marzano in The Art and Science of
Teaching (Emphasis is mine)
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We all know we shouldnt be teaching the same way
we did 20 years ago. Unfortunately, change is
difficult and time-consuming and weve got all
that stuff from years past . . .
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Yet the job
keeps growing!
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Benefits of my small school

• I have 90-95 total students this year.
• We can make quick departmental changes.
• I get to know my students as individuals.
• I know the families of my students.

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Then theres the other side of things . . .
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My classes for 2007-2008
2 sections of English II English IV English
Strategies Composition I and II for
CCCC Yearbook
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My extra-curricular activities for school
National Honor Society District Leadership
Team NCA Reading Chair Director of Fall
Play Sponsoring an EF tour to Europe Pursuing
Masters Degree
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Regardless of the size of our schools, were all
in the same boat and lack the same thing
Enough TIME!!
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So, whats the best way to update your teaching
without making yourself nuts???.
Do something before this happens!
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Apply the CASE Principle
Copy And Steal Everything!!
WE are our own best resource!
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Graphic Novels -
They are NOT just comic books!
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Library books Class novels Student generated
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Lynseys How-To Book
Technical Writing with iPhoto
KaCees How-To Book
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I research paper
My instructions
Jareds paper
Kassis paper
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Blackboard Work
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Students submit papers electronically
Digital Dropbox Bluetooth Flash/thumb/jump drive
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www.quia.com
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Hot Potato Half-Baked Software
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Vocab Hot Potato Larry Hatteburg style
profile TV Commercial/show Cell phones to get
pix of grammar errors in public