Month: April 2016

First Lines–Journal Prompts

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Here are some famous first lines from different books and movies.  Students will write a story where one of the lines must appear, authentically, in the story.  The line doesn’t have to be the first line, but it does have to appear.

  • It was the best of times.  It was the worst of times.
  • All this happened, more or less.
  • I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen.
  • It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
  • When he was nearly thirteen, my brother, Jem, got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
  • What’s your dream?
  • All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
  • Marley was dead, to begin with.

PBL Resource

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Pblproject.com—A site that has multiple problem based learning lessons/units available.  Teachers/Schools can purchase licenses and have access to the lessons.  If you want to check it out, you can get a temporary password by email Ben Bache, benbache@homecourtpublishers.com.

 

If you’d like to be on the list for the weekly emails of “Weekly Warm-Ups” which are “reviews of current events or issues from a broader perspective” and that are independent lessons or lessons, email Ben Bache benbache@homecourtpublishers.com.  He will add you to the email list.

Check out the archive of PBL Weekly Warmups-http://pblproject.com/page.aspx?pageid=Weekly-Warmups_archive.

Motivating Teens to Read and Write

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“Teens say the most important factor for them to feel motivated to write is using it as a way to connect with, and receive feedback from, teachers, family members, and friends.”

http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/18/what-motivates-students-interest-in-reading-and-writing/