Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Excitement!
Thank you to Fund for Teachers!
Fund for Teachers is a national program that encourages teachers to design a "Dream Field Trip" that will help them to improve their instruction in the classroom. I am excited to be a grant winner for the summer of 2012!
For my project, I will be learning more about how to analyze paintings, and I will be connecting the study of paintings to the study of poetry in my AP English Literature and Composition classes. It is my hope that through a careful "breaking down" of various paintings, my students will be better equipped to work on closely reading poetry in preparation for the AP exam.
Originally, my proposal included me taking a course at Oxford University called "Learning to Look at Paintings." However, when I found out that I won the grant on March 30th, the course was already full.
The new plan is this: I will be taking an online class on analyzing art (Art 183: Art of the Renaissance through the Modern Era) through the University of Wisconsin Extension. Then I will be traveling to England from August 2-12, and I will be taking a class called "Reading Twentieth Century Poetry" at Oxford. While in England, I will also be visiting Oxfordshire sites like Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds. On my last day in England, I am planning to visit the Olympic Games taking place in London!
Fund for Teachers is a national program that encourages teachers to design a "Dream Field Trip" that will help them to improve their instruction in the classroom. I am excited to be a grant winner for the summer of 2012!
For my project, I will be learning more about how to analyze paintings, and I will be connecting the study of paintings to the study of poetry in my AP English Literature and Composition classes. It is my hope that through a careful "breaking down" of various paintings, my students will be better equipped to work on closely reading poetry in preparation for the AP exam.
Originally, my proposal included me taking a course at Oxford University called "Learning to Look at Paintings." However, when I found out that I won the grant on March 30th, the course was already full.
The new plan is this: I will be taking an online class on analyzing art (Art 183: Art of the Renaissance through the Modern Era) through the University of Wisconsin Extension. Then I will be traveling to England from August 2-12, and I will be taking a class called "Reading Twentieth Century Poetry" at Oxford. While in England, I will also be visiting Oxfordshire sites like Blenheim Palace and the Cotswolds. On my last day in England, I am planning to visit the Olympic Games taking place in London!
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