Dana Cole
Videos about literature and stories, grammar, writing, and teaching in general.
I teach language arts to students at LaFayette High School in rural northwest Georgia (not far from Chattanooga, TN). While I am a transplanted Yankee, I come from a geographically and demographically similar area. There's a lot that's different here, but a lot that feels familiar.
Teachers have a responsibility – and an opportunity – to identify where students are at, what's important to them, and to encourage and support them on their way toward those goals. I'm hoping that this channel will be a way for me to help my students, but that it will also connect me with other educators who are passionate about teaching, and perhaps most importantly, reflect on my own practices and become a better teacher myself.
Books I Love: Anne of Green Gables
September 2024 Unboxing
The Saddest Poem EVER
Totally like whatever, you know? (Taylor Mali)
Homework Isn't As Bad As You Think
First Day of School Unboxing
Supporting the Rossville Public Library
July 2024 Wishlist Unboxing
Nouns, Part 1 – Introduction, and Concrete vs Abstract Nouns
Supporting the Chattanooga Food Bank
Readers, Rewards, and ... Dolly Parton?
Books I Love: Brave New World
December 2023 Unboxing
Adjectives, Part 1
Verbs, Part 2
Impact
Verbs, Part 1
Figurative Language: Personification (NOT Anthropomorphism!)
Books I Love: The Dispossessed
The One-Pager
This Is Not a Sentence: ...but did you? really???
Dreams / Harlem (Langston Hughes)
Chapter 2
Introduction to Pronouns
The Secret Adversary: Chapter 1
This Is Not a Sentence: Why Is My Life So Hard?
Homework Experiment Update!
The Secret Adversary: Prologue
What Is an "A," Anyhow?
Agatha Christie's 'The Secret Adversary'