Teaching with Legends

DARMOK: The Power of Metaphor & Cultural Stories

By |2023-03-04T09:01:52-07:00March 3rd, 2023|

NOTE: I've been teaching Latin almost exclusively with Roman myths lately - with very positive results. I shared this Darmok activity some time ago. Since this technique is working so well, it bears repeating. Download the updated Darmok classroom activity here. If you love science fiction, like I do, [...]

Hi-Impact Reading Strategies

By |2021-09-15T22:04:42-06:00September 15th, 2021|

It's here! I have been working on this book for a year and a half, (well, actually, my whole career). And it's finally done. This is the best of what I teach teachers. It is some of the best work I have ever written, a distillation of all my [...]

LA LLORONA IMAGES

By |2019-04-17T15:12:14-06:00April 17th, 2019|

A new major motion picture about the legend of La Llorona is coming out. The Curse of La Llorona will be in theaters beginning April 19. This legend is compelling input anyway, but the added popularity of the movie will increase student interest even more. Here is an embedded reading [...]

CHANGING PERSPECTIVE ON LA LLORONA

By |2015-10-22T20:32:50-06:00October 22nd, 2015|

Here is an email from Christopher, a Spanish I teacher who has been teaching the La Llorona embedded reading. A student took it upon himself to rewrite the story from the husband's point of view. Very creative, recycling of vocabulary. Why didn't I think of that? Thanks so much for [...]

EMBEDDED READING FOR LA LLORONA

By |2020-07-16T19:39:23-06:00October 24th, 2014|

This is another foray into the world of embedded reading, invented and eloquently described by Laurie Clarq and Michele Whaley . You can see more of their work  here . I like the story of La Llorona and I have spent a long time thinking about how to present this [...]

Quote of the Day 11/18/11

By |2011-11-14T15:42:40-07:00November 18th, 2011|

LEGENDS "It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history.  The legend is generally made by a majority of the people in the village who are sane.  The book is generally written by the one [...]

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