Presented at Tredyffrin-Easttown School District Language Arts Standing Committee, February 2015
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From the Classroom: Gatsby, Hawthorne, and Being Sixteen
One of the last books I read in 2014 was Gabrielle Levin’s delightful novel, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. At one point, the main character—a somewhat odd and sometimes churlish bookseller named A.J. Fikry—tells his daughter to remember that “the things we respond to… Read More
My GoodReads: Fall 2014
Now that the first marking period is officially behind us, my ninth graders and I are now fully immersed in our independent reading endeavors. As of the first week of November, my 80+ freshman have read more than 225 books, with titles ranging from the hot Maze… Read More
#EnglishTeacherNerdsUnite
If you look at the picture on the right, you might be asking yourself why all those people are in line. Concert tickets? The latest gadget? Maybe a Kleinfeld’s sample sale? Nope. What you’re seeing is a line of hundreds of language arts and English teachers—from pre-service… Read More
Anticipation
Almost there…
There’s a movie? Let me read that book.
Gayle Forman’s YA novel If I Stay has been sitting on my bookshelf for months, maybe even a year (it’s part of a continuously growing stack of books on my “to read” shelf; I admit, I have a sickness). The book reviews were generally good, and it… Read More
A Visual Syllabus
One of the first documents I revisit at the start of any school year is the syllabus. After all, it’s the first thing I hand out to students. The syllabus provides students with their first overview of what they’ll be learning in the upcoming year. It’s the “first… Read More
#MyVisualYear
I have drawn a map. It’s one of the first things I did. – J. K. Rowling One of my new (school) year resolutions is to try to tap into the power of visual art. As a hobbyist photographer, I know first-hand the power of… Read More
New (school)Year’s Resolutions
Each August brings with it mixed feelings. The first is always shock: Wow, August already? Didn’t we just get out of school? The second is denial: August? Really? It can’t be. Didn’t we just get of school? Then anger: What, August?!? Why?!? We just got out of… Read More
View from my ballroom
One of the things I love about teaching is the creativity: creating new assignments, finding more effective ways to engage students, and designing materials that are more inviting. Thinking like a teacher doesn’t end with the school day, and I find myself planning lessons everywhere I… Read More
Tricia Ebarvia 
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