Creative English Teacher — Encouragement
Finishing Strong
Defeating the Doldrums
The doldrums are a region of the sea where the prevailing winds become erratic or fade away completely. Since January is sometimes seen as the doldrums of the school year, here is some encouragement to get us through!
Script-Stories: Making Reading an Experience Instead of a Struggle
Encouragement Readers Theater Script-Stories Teaching Ideas
Creative Innovator Profile: Mr. (Fred) Rogers
Creativity Encouragement Innovators
Mr. Zorn: A Tribute
The world is a little less today: Zorn has passed on from it. To the uninitiated, Zorn might seem like a sound effect from an old Batman fight scene, but it is a man’s name. Why should you know that name? Because Dan Zorn was the best teacher ever. No, he was never honored on national television. He never met Oprah. He never even won any local teaching awards that I’m aware of. Yet to me he will always be the greatest teacher ever. Mr. Zorn was a survivor of the Vietnam War. He came back with a few grisly...