Janet Kelley

Lesson plan, please!

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The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt | New Directions Maman was exigeante—there is no English word—and I had the benefit of her training. Others may not be so fortunate. If some other young girl, with two million dollars at stake, finds this of use I sha...

After a taste of Krasznahorhai, cleanse your palate with this tasty treat: www.ndbooks.com/book/the-eng... And then, like me, buy all the storybook nd editions, because, yes, please.

Spadework for a Palace by László Krasznahorkai | New Directions WINNER OF THE 2025 NOBEL PRIZE Spadework for a Palace bears the subtitle “Entering the Madness of Others” and offers an epigraph: “Reality is no obstacle.” Indeed. This high-octane obsessive rant v...

For the Krasznahorkai kurious, try this lovely slice of his world: www.ndbooks.com/book/spadewo...

For the Krasznahorhai kurious: I recommend this lovely edition:

Middle age revelations: butter beans and lima beans are the same bean. One bean. Two names. 🤯 While a butter bean is a lima bean, a lima bean is not a butter bean. Clearly. As you were.

I’d love to have this lesson plan! So fun!

What # are you at? Headed for my #39 today!

Teachers: Add School Schedule to Your iPhone in 12 Easy Steps

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Sad to sell: David Byrne in Boston my.ticketmaster.com/ds/vQGAANoWJ...

#tootsofthetimes

Day 3 of school: Ms. K, what are you drinking? *It’s fresh brewed mint tea (in a mason jar). It looks like a beer! *Oh! Definitely report any teacher drinking a beer in class. If I were a teacher, I’d be drinking a beer. #buildingcommunity #somuchtounpack

I teach high school creative writing. All exercises & pieces are graded complete/incomplete. For finished pieces, they write an analysis of their craft moves. I grade that. It’s not perfect. But at least it stresses process and allows for failures along the way. $.02

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Travis Swift is going to be such a great football player name

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The main entrance of Boston Latin School. The white text reads: "Mass. has more public high schools in the top 25 percent of this annual list than any other state. The US News & World Report just released its rankings."

Once again, Massachusetts has more public high schools ranked in the top 25 percent of the US News & World Report Best High Schools list than any other state in the country. trib.al/Wd4FD6h

Nicole Collier

We spent a magical week with our 4th year of Summer Camp in Transylvania. We bring the American games and the kids bring the joy. Thanks to @orsolya.szekely.92 @bpwease @imre7703 @GyőriKrisztina @barabasi and the exceptional team at Szászváros @csaladmenyhart !

A solution. Respect.

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Also: Adults using ChatGPT…

It had cheddar. Or else.

Teacher Tip: Add your school calendar to your iPhone Home Screen. jkkelleywritenow.blogspot.com/2025/08/teac...

It’s all about context. I heart avocados! Judging its gratuitous placement on my BLT.

I was gobsmacked by the BLAT. Avocado in the mix is just stupid.

I ask them for preferences—near whiteboard, close to windows, students they work well with—and then I make the seating chart, which we change up after each module. They get to express preferences, which I try to honor, AND then I engineer the dynamics.

Reading Jane Eyre as a Sacred Text by Vanessa Zoltan July 12, 2021 – “The Bible I carried around that busy summer was Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Jane Eyre,’ ” writes Vanessa Zoltan.

I’m not sure if this is your jam, but I found it fascinating: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2021/07...