Posted by: Sara Carbone on: March 13, 2012
Start this process about a month before the actual exams. Do the following for each subject. 1. Grab everything for that class and lay it out on a table – vocab notecards (hopefully he’s saved them from over the year), textbook/texts, workbooks, handouts, support books (i.e. Barron’s Regents Practice Books), class notes, quizzes/tests, midterm/final review [...]
Posted by: Sara Carbone on: February 29, 2012
Elana is a feisty, intelligent high school student from Connecticut. She describes qualities in an English teacher that I’ve found to be key and, unfortunately, not so typical. Sara Carbone: What makes a great English teacher? Elana:Â A great English teacher knows how to interact with their students and knows the text being read in class [...]
Posted by: Sara Carbone on: February 13, 2012
B was one of those smart, jaded kids who was “not living up to his potential.” He was a likable young man with real depth and strength to him, having survived some things a teen shouldn’t have to. And B hated school. Was bored stiff in class, blew off his schoolwork and lacked the skills [...]
Posted by: Sara Carbone on: January 26, 2012
High school English teachers generally have your child’s best interests in mind. The problem is some teachers and even entire school districts don’t know how to effectively teach reading and writing. Your kid is left to flounder through as best he can until he can flee high school and not look back – until he [...]