Lashley’s Blog

I am guilty of being nostalgic; I admit this.  However, I think everyone is to a certain degree.  We resist the change that other people bring.  The “other” people usually take the form of the younger generation.  We are used to a certain established pattern, and we do not like that pattern to be challenged.  […]

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I read a line from Alsup and Bush’s book “But Will It Work With Real Students?” that illustrated some of my teaching issues perfectly.  “Many teachers are so adept at reading and writing, and have been doing it so successfully for so long, that they cannot easily articulate the process to their students” (Alsup and […]

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In Appleman’s section on Marist theory, she mentions Marxist theory as “the axis (centrality) of class in the worlds portrayed in the novels of Jane Austen or the Brontes” (61).  Never being one to pass up a moment to talk about my favorite author, Jane Austen, I was proud of […]

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     Rex Gibson discusses the concept of using props when teaching Shakespeare’s plays in the secondary classroom in his book Teaching Shakespeare.
       “The teacher provides a simple prop such as a chair, a mirror, or a spoon.  Students can show how different characters in the play they are studying would use the prop in a […]

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            “Miss Smith, why we gotta know this?”  This comment has haunted me again and again in my short teaching career – first with Beowulf then with The Canterbury Tales.  To be honest, I cannot always answer this question.  I know why I would read Beowulf, but my salute to the older cultures and their […]

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I feel it is inevitable that classrooms and learning will be affected more and more by technology as it becomes a major part of everyday life.  Therefore, it is my responsibility as an educator to be familiar with that technology.  This allows me to stay tuned with what my students are being exposed to and […]

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