A running diary of making Tacos de Asada with middleschoolers.
Entries from January 2010
January 24, 2010
The Workshop Model: Finding My Way to Their Independence
A reflection on the workshop model in practice in the secondary English classroom.
January 18, 2010
How a girls group fell from the sky like a divine lightning bolt or a UFO and landed in my classroom
Girls groups kick ass. Why didn’t the author think of this sooner? Oh, yeah, he didn’t.
January 13, 2010
The Schoolyard Foodie: 2012 — The beginning or the end?
Will 2012 be the end of the world or the beginning of a new era of wisdom? One middle school teacher looks to his seventh graders for the answer.
January 11, 2010
Thank you, A Better Oakland
We recently got a nice shout-out from the popular Oakland blog, A Better Oakland. They said, “(Teacher, Revised’s) reflections on their classroom experiences and the education system are sometimes maddening, frequently heartwarming, and always a refreshing reminder of what wonderful, caring people we have out there trying to take care of Oakland’s kids.”
Always good to [...]
January 6, 2010
Welcome back, Teach! We still hate you! (Not really.)
Students think they’re alone in dreading the end of a vacation. If only they knew…
