Taking Responsibility

Posted on January 31st, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

A thought about me and my students taking responsibility for our actions.
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Provenzo and the Myths of Education

Posted on January 31st, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

Once again, Provenzo generates a great deal of reaction from me, and I’m not totally sure why, though I think it may have something to do with my classic reaction against anything that attempts to summarize grand schemes of time or anything that acts like what is going on now is new. I’m a huge [...]

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More Excellent Articles about books

Posted on January 31st, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

Wow - you guys are smart and insightful!
Here are links to some articles about books that thoroughly impressed me.
Setting
Bumblebee reading My Sister’s Keeper
Plot
Nick examines the key external conflict from Bleachers.
Miscalaneous thoughts
Bumblebee on My Sister’s Keeper
Sparkygrl looks at the significance of the point of view in Cold Mountain
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by: Emily Walker
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Essays - a reaction

Posted on January 25th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

And now . . . we will write an essay
And the student’s stomach twisted to a shape I saw in a modern art book.
Talk to me about essays - what do you think about them, what do you know about them, how often do you have to write them, and how good at them are [...]

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Closed Chat Rooms

Posted on January 25th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

So I’m jumping through hoops using Google docs with my kids, having them use it to type questions in so their peers can answer the questions as we read, when a kid says to me, “so what is this? a chat room?” And I realized, yes, that is what I turned it into - a [...]

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Andy Carvin on where to begin

Posted on January 25th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

This sounds so familar! It’s what I teach my students to do - begin with the middle, and worry about that introduction later. It’s also a good reminder to students frustrated with organizing an essay that learning to organize writing is a relevant lesson.
On most occasions, when I have something to say, I just write [...]

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Great Thinking about Books

Posted on January 24th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

Here are some quick links to some of the articles you wrote that stick out to me:
on Character:
Nick considers the main character in Bleachers 
Jean2008 evaluates the main character in A Separate Peace
on Plot:
Punchdrunklove reacts to the ending of Go Ask Alice
Frenchfrybaby predicts what will happen in The Legacy

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Conjoined Twins

Posted on January 12th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

“Hey, I’ve got that new video from the Headless Gringos. Wanna hear it?”
“Yeah - give me an ear.” Greg removed the white headphone from his right ear and handed it to Solomon, who slipped in the pounding ear piece. The two sat at a table in the library, ‘researching.’
“I love this part,” Greg whispered. “He [...]

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Telling Stories

Posted on January 5th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

To follow our discussion last class about the importance and relevance of telling stories, I thought I’d point you to a blog I like to read. It is written by a mom in Salt Lake City, and she makes a living blogging. She has a knack for recognizing great stories in her life and she [...]

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A Romantic Moment on The Great Wall of China

Posted on January 4th, 2007 by Mr. Sheehy

I’ve been browsing photos over lunch today, and things like this amaze me. Yes, I’d like to visit the Great Wall (if given a free plane ticket and boarding), but more than that, I want to visit it right there - the moment this picture was taken.
It seems to me that great photography [...]

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