Teaching Tommy Orange’s There There: Part Four | huffenglish.com
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In my last three posts, I have described how my teaching partner James and I approach teaching Tommy Orange’s novel There There. In this final post, I will explain how we wrap up the study of the novel, suggest additional resources to use in teaching Native Voices, and share a summative assessment we use with our students.
James and I decided we wanted students to finish the entire Powwow section before we…
Teaching Tommy Orange’s There There: Part Three | huffenglish.com
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In my previous posts, I shared how my teaching partner James and I prepare students for reading There There and how we teach the novel’s Prologue. In this post and subsequent posts in this series, I will not share day-to-day lesson plans; rather, I will share some resources that James and I have used. Our class is discussion-based, and if you are looking for discussion ideas, you might want to check out…
The latest lawsuit challenging New Hampshire’s school funding model hinges on a key question: How much must the state pay to provide a constitutionally adequate education?
Testimony Tuesday by Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut suggests that the answer may be hard for a judge to lock down.
During more than an hour of questioning in Rockingham County Superior Court, Edelblut declined to outline which educational services he believes the state is required to uphold in order to meet the adequacy standards. That standard was set by the state Supreme Court in the 1992 Claremont I decision, in which the…
Free Rhetorical Analysis Unit | huffenglish.com
I recently found myself in the position of having to teach AP English Language for about five weeks. I won’t get into why that happened. I have never taught AP Lang. I think I’ve taught just about everything else! I decided it would be a good opportunity to do a quick unit on rhetorical analysis, which I have at least taught in the past.
For context, my classes are 70 minutes long, and typically meet three times per week. What follows below is a day-by-day plan for my unit. Feel free to use any…
A point spread is a bet on the margin of victory in a sporting event. It’s the most popular bet type in basketball and football.
The perceived stronger team (the favorite) must win by a certain number of points/runs/goals to cash your bet. The worse team (the underdog) can lose by fewer than that same amount of points, or just win the game.
Let’s use a 2022 NFL Week 1 game as an example.
The Ravens are a -7 favorite against the Jets. That makes New York a +7 underdog.
Ravens win by 8+ points: Ravens bettors win
Ravens win…
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Acknowledging widespread concern from colleges, contractors and associations, the US Department of Education is pushing back by four months — until September — the start date for a broadened definition of organizations that are third-party servicers under federal financial aid programs.
Third-party servicers are entities that administer any part of colleges’ Title IV federal financial aid programs. Being defined as a third-party servicer comes with additional regulatory requirements, such as compliance auditing. Third-party servicers are also jointly liable for violations of federal…