what teachers want

One solution is to wrok very closely with the reading teacher or specialist. even with NCLB, students who are in high school and are not reading even at the thrid grade level are not being srved in a reading class. and dont tell me hooked on phonics is the answwer.

Discipline i believe remains the most serious issue in English classes. First, let me say what i mean by discipline. i mean students being able and willing to do the basic theings you ask of them. probably one of the biggest problems is the fact that many English classses --esp in the underbelly--serve studetns who are years behind in their reading level; they are nto even close to reading at their grade level. When you cannot understand the print, you become a liability; you give up; you be ome a disciplne problem. This may be an issue with Inclusion children as well.

Inclusive or Intrusion as i used to call it, is another issue. and now after many years, some sp ed teacherfs are finally saying that the least restrictive environment is not nect the best.

How would I organize my chapters?

1. discipline

2. Interruptions

3. standards

4. parent training required

5. ethos of buildings

6. literature battles and censorship

7. turning your english classroom into an inclusive environment--not!


The ghetto. The slum. The barrio. The armpit. The underbelly.