English
Poems For Two Voices Raise Awareness in Columbus
For National Poetry Month, students in Ms. Salsbury’s 7th grade Language Arts classes at Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School increased their awareness of and appre[...]
Regional PD’s Focus: Process and Content
This past spring (2014) Concept English invited Mr. Brian Pete of Robin Fogarty & Associates to provide a mandatory 2 hour ELA workshop. Teachers were actively engaged in activ[...]
HSA Toledo Scores with Close Reading and Reflection
On our recent trip to the Toledo Professional Development, Esther Mossing, Coordinator at HSA Toledo, shared what me what her staff has been doing with close reading. HSA Toledo ha[...]
Concept English Update January 2014
The holidays have come and gone and as we return to our respective schools it is worth taking the time to reflect on the start of the 2013/2014 school year. Here are a few of our[...]
The Personal Statement
For over ten years I worked with my school counselor to prepare students to write the personal statement and the common application for college. Along the way I have learned a few[...]
What are 21st Century Literacies?
According to NCTE, a student should: Develop proficiency with the tools of technology Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturall[...]
Writing in the Classroom
With Common Core we need to rethink and reshape how we deliver our instruction. However, there is good news for those of us who have used the writing process and set up WriterR[...]
Old Dogs Can Learn New Tricks
This summer I was presented one of the largest challenges of my now 10 year teaching career with Concept Schools. My Concept Department Head, Andy Flaherty, presented our English [...]
