tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post2402358037896095787..comments2023-09-16T08:21:22.793-04:00Comments on Education Quick Takes: How to confuse a middle-schoolerGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355093065582134401noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post-10422198836448112392011-02-01T21:27:12.431-05:002011-02-01T21:27:12.431-05:00The biggest problem of jargon is that you can so e...The biggest problem of jargon is that you can so easily forget you are using jargon when you use it every day in your professional circles.LynnGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467061079495021347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post-81014478011464271552011-02-01T14:06:25.097-05:002011-02-01T14:06:25.097-05:00Jargon and imprecise or incomplete instructions ca...Jargon and imprecise or incomplete instructions can be challenging to students and their parents.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355093065582134401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post-30610786115043166912011-02-01T14:03:34.777-05:002011-02-01T14:03:34.777-05:00What would we do without Google? I found this sit...What would we do without Google? I found this site that explains a whole slew of graphic organizers, many of which I've seen in my time as a public school parent.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/" rel="nofollow">Graphic Organizers</a><br /><br />Perhaps this type of information should be distributed to all parents when their children enters kindergarten?Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355093065582134401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post-50893715013842772532011-02-01T12:37:59.909-05:002011-02-01T12:37:59.909-05:00It seems to be a jargon term used by the teacher -...It seems to be a jargon term used by the teacher - but the short hand becomes opaque to the student and the parent who is receiving the information second hand through the student.<br />I googled it and found lots of lesson plans using it without explanations and also serious literary theory texts using the term so it is a buzz term in literature teaching.<br />Interesting to see this introduced without a little bit of parent preparation - as it is not hard to see it as a great idea once you have understood the idea and it can be used at every level too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281687840613311989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post-26777187002412722212011-02-01T12:14:51.302-05:002011-02-01T12:14:51.302-05:00I still don't know what a character cluster is...I still don't know what a character cluster is. Did the teacher think all of the students knew?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206871834894179765.post-65507448188943437982011-02-01T11:02:46.499-05:002011-02-01T11:02:46.499-05:00This was a middle school assignment? If it were me...This was a middle school assignment? If it were me, I'd probably have spent at least as much time trying to figure out the assignment as I would have in actually completing it.<br /><br />I hope you gently suggested the teacher proof-read her instructions in the future.LynnGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11467061079495021347noreply@blogger.com