Room B209

The definitive answer to "What did you do in school today?"... at least in English class!

Wednesday, December 17

Grade conferences

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Richard Stephenson@Flickr.com I am just wrapping up grade conferences with all my ELA 11 students. I would like  to do this each marking...
Monday, December 15

Busy time of year

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We're into the last few chapters of  Lord of the Flies  and are also entering the busiest time for the project based learning character ...
Thursday, November 20

P. B. L.

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Project Based Learning. It's a great new perspective in education today--our current PBL gives students one of the most real world appli...
Thursday, November 6

Ready, Set, Read!

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This unit will have students reading Lord of the Flies  by William Golding. (Note: this is in addition to reading for enjoyment on Fridays) ...
Wednesday, October 22

Into the home stretch

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We are heading into the home stretch for the first marking period  of the year! (I can't believe it, either.) I've graded students...
Thursday, October 16

Blog Love

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Our literature reading has come to an end for this marking period, although Reading For Enjoyment (RFE) will continue on Fridays. Yesterday ...
Thursday, October 9

Better late than never

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We are definitely in full swing in room B209 and I've added our weekly schedule below: Monday: Moodle Monday Tuesday: literature Wed...
Tuesday, May 27

Act III

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Students have had several days dedicated for working on their PBL. Unfortunately, many have not been doing so ( lots  of socializing). Last ...
Wednesday, May 14

Under construction

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Today I handed back research papers so that students could look over the grading rubric, my comments, and their essay before returning the...
Monday, May 12

Reading for pleasure

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Students in ELA 11 were assigned 3 self-selected books this year to read on our SSR Fridays as well as on their own time. No real requiremen...
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About Me

Laurie Larson-Doornbos
One gorgeous summer day when I was eleven, my parents locked me out of the house so I would play outside instead of being 'holed up in my room reading'--but I sneaked a book outside and just read on the front steps instead. My reading life has continued full steam ahead for another 40-some years. For several years when my children were young I worked part time in an independent bookstore and a children's bookstore--it was there I developed my love of mid-list fiction and developed the passion for finding just the right book for our customers. Now I read more in our glorious Michigan summers than any other time, as the school year sees me busy teaching high school English (see my classroom blog at roomb209.blogspot.com) and grading papers. I am also an avid blog reader and writer. And since I'm no longer a book seller, I content myself with blogging my reviews. Check me out at thisismysymphony.blogspot.com. In my free time, I help my husband at the yoga studio we own.
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