When it’s all too overwhelming

Posted on December 29th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

A podcast about when I overwhelm my students and how hard it is to detect.

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Christmas Blessings Podcast

Posted on December 22nd, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

Three incidents from my week before Christmas proving I live a blessed life.
Christmas Blessings Podcast

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Hide not my children from these stories with evil

Posted on December 19th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

Two nights in a row, now, I have watched with my daughter “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” It is the classic Suess cartoon, complete with the adorable, antler-bearing dog, the wide-eyed Cindy Lou Who, and the goofy sleigh ride down into Whoville. Ellen loves it not only because it is her first exposure to television [...]

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I threw away my baseball cards this week

Posted on December 14th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

That’s an act I had to confess in the title - anything later would be an attempt to justify the act, because in waiting I would be hoping the leading sentence would soften the impact. It is too important, however, for me to delay and dress the action handsomely. I did it. I picked up [...]

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Of Mice and Men Podcast

Posted on December 13th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

After you have edited your podcast of your Of Mice and Men discussion, you will need to upload it to your blog and post it in an article. I will have showed you how to upload the file during class, but below I give you a quick description about the written content of that blog [...]

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Should I be flattered?

Posted on December 12th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

Here’s my portrait, as done by a student. What should I think of this? I feel like a character from Corpse Bride.

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Initial Reaction to the Ending

Posted on December 8th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

For this blog, I want you to express your immediate reaction and thoughts about Of Mice and Men when we finish. Don’t worry about those official requirements from before - just give us 5-7 sentences of reaction to the book, its characters, etc.

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Blog 4: Of Mice and Men

Posted on December 6th, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

We could call this the Crooks chapter: pages 66-83.
 The assignment is bascially the same as with previous blog articles, but with a couple slight changes. Include at least one passage in your reflection and this time only two questions. Then, because the chapter focusses so much on Crooks, I’d like you to consider character as [...]

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Of Mice and Men Blog 3

Posted on December 1st, 2006 by Mr. Sheehy

For this blog, which covers pages 37-65, you are following the same basic format from before, looking to include at least one passage in your reflection and three questions. Then, make sure you consider setting in your reflection. The target range for length is 10-12 sentences - make sure you hit it!
As a side note, [...]

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