Category: English and Language Arts

  • Judgement of Dante’s Inferno

    For the past two weeks, students have been reading pieces of literature from the Middle ages and the Renaissance. Last week we have read pieces of Arthurian legends, Norse Mythology, the Nibelungenlied, Candide, and Don Quixote. This week we read excerpts from Dante‘s Inferno, both as a class and individually. Groups of students generated small picture…

  • Book Review: Nectar in a Sieve

    Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best readings on colonial India. Told from the POV of a village woman from the day of her marriage until late in her life. Students seem to really enjoy the straight forward and simple narrative. I first read this…

  • NCTE Secondary Section: Do WE Make a Difference? – Happiness as a Goal of Education

    Every once in awhile, teachers and bloggers post something exciting and refreshing about education. Too many say something terriblly negative and lose the concept of why we do this great work and fight the good fight everyday. This post by Dan Bruno on the NCTE Secondary Education Blog is a great read and very refreshing. After…