Welcome Back!!!!

Ah…my chickadees – I hope you all enjoyed a long, restful Spring Break!  I always know that it’s time for me to get back to the classroom when I start DREAMING about teaching.  Seriously. 
So…I’ve been neglecting my sweet little edublog, but I’ve found new motivation and hope to keep up with it better than I [...]

Ahhh! Gotta love those three-day weekends!

 
Ok so I didn’t actually GET a three-day weekend…I spent Monday in a Pre-AP training in which I devised fantastic literary torture for ALL of you (not just my Pre-APeeps)!   However, I hope that you all got some well-deserved rest! 
We start a brand-new six weeks on Tuesday, and with that comes a brand new vocabulary list!  Woo [...]

Annotate, annotate, annotate, tate, tate!

Hello Pre-AP!   I hope that you guys digested the excerpt from “Great Expectations” that I handed out on Friday, and I can’t wait to see how you’ve totally written all over it!   So what do you all think about that Miss Havisham?  Told ya she was an interesting character!
After a little more annotation practice – [...]

Ah…a nice long weekend…!

I for one have to say that that three-day weekend was well-timed!  I needed it! 
We have some great things going on this week!  Be sure to check out our class calendar at:
http://www.localendar.com/public/KoolteechaPreAP (Pre-AP classes)
http://www.localendar.com/public/Koolteecha (4th/8th Block)
Just a quick reminder – your Personal Poster Projects are due tomorrow!  (Pre-AP, that also includes your Letter of Introduction)  We’ll begin [...]

Welcome to Pre-AP Language Arts!

I am thrilled to be starting a new year with my Pre-AP-ers!  I have a rigorous year planned for us!  This week most of what we’ll do with coincide with what my regular classes do, so it would behoove you to read their entries as well as ours, but next week we embark on an [...]

Welcome to 8th Grade Language Arts!

Howdy Lions!  Welcome to my 8th Grade Language Arts and welcome to my webpage!   If you are in my Pre-AP Language Arts class, please click the category “Pre-AP Language Arts” link in the sidebar of my webpage for any information that is specific to your class.
I always feel a delirious combination of exhilaration and exhaustion at the beginning [...]