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James Charnock
United States - Pennsylvania - Aldan
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"The task of the teacher is to stimulate apparently ordinary people to unusual effort; not identifying winners, but making them".
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Thankfully chosen as one of the five best weekly freebies by TpT-related, top-selling blogger, Margaret Whisnant, at www.TakingGrades.blogspot.co...
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Get those students out of their seats and performing in other classrooms! This easy-to-follow program not only engenders student excitement (yes...
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I apologize that I could not number the pages, but because there are varied margins, a different number of columns (on and off), and graphics tha...
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Learning paragraphing from trade or textbooks is about as appetizing as chewing leather. They are not enaging, not intellectually stimulating (t...
If you have to teach any middle or upper elementary students who are really PRIMARY students, skill-wise, you need a shortcut to getting phonetic...
Originally, this article was sent to a well-known math journal and was REJECTED. I called to find out why. The answer was astounding. The anon...
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"Memory writing" is simple, engaging, very logical, and very elementary, my dear teacher. But it's only elementary because it's basic, and its a...
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Computer or not, letter-writing skills and formats have to be learned. Here are sometimes-silly, reproducible assignments: concrete, simple, an...
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They've been done for decades and will be for decades more. This article gives both teacher and student EXAMPLES--from "fanciful fiction" to "mi...
You would never guess from the title that this is an activity with capitalization and punctuation. No one else has it, and publishers have refus...
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Why let the class clown get all the attention? Here's an engaging drama-like activity that allows the whole class to participate in one way or a...
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Sometimes creativity does have a way of getting out of ha...
Sounds easy enough, but there's a technique to such things, you know. Provides an example of two types of interviewing. Students will love the ...
Say that again? Yes, there is a value to writing longer compositions. But just like money, it should not become onerous (well, maybe that is no...
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This is not one of those "you ought to do this, but I'm not going to lead you by the hand" articles. I tell you WHAT diary writing really is, WH...
You can teach it 'til the cows come home, but unless you let the students get out in "the field" and practice, all those writing rules will take ...
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Even that little brat of a kid torturing an ant is doing some research: He has questions, has formed a hypothesis, is testing it, and is finding...
Some ideas just don't sink in easily; you have to pound them, gently, in this case. This is a sneaky way to get across those skills of beginning...
Once students understand fractions and percent it's time to put this knowledge to use. This is a fun activity. Students will first practice sur...
Students sometimes can't decide on a good book to read, and sometimes teachers can't help them. This article helps you to expand your repertoire...
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Micheleyoung06
Helps with the standard. Thanks!
February 2, 2013
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
If you are in the Philadelphia area, I will be giving workshops on teaching elementary geography and middle school-and-up written composition (see my other articles) at an educational conference in March, 2013. Hope you find these helpful and fun.
January 8, 2013 
lysarohr
Can't wait to try
December 3, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
Thanks! I hope you like the activities. In early 2013 I hope to have a states game on the market called "What State is THAT?" Look for it on Amazon, at least. I don't think I can place a game on here for purchase or my 2011 book, "The Creative Teacher: Activities for Language Arts (Grades 4 through 8 and Up)," which is on Amazon, and elsewhere.
December 3, 2012
ptally
Great resource
October 4, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
Thanks for the feedback. And there is more that can be done, like using an edged table (clamped/screwed on 2 by 4s and such) to build topograhical features within. Then, place the finished "product" in the hallway with alternating student guards.
October 5, 2012
biostaff
Thanks!
August 19, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
I hope you find this very helpful. Students seem to really enjoy it. Thanks for the "Thanks!"
August 19, 2012
pattydel2
Very well done and ready to use as soon as summer ends. Thought provoking questions that will double as great discussion starters.
August 3, 2012
chagerty
Good for Middle & High School
July 3, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
This is sometimes the most scarey, but also the most thrilling learning experience. Thanks for your endorsement.
July 7, 2012
lgarcia1
Content is great. I can use many of these ideas in my Grade 4 classroom.
July 3, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
I like the word "great". My students have always loved these and more at my site: www.TheEducationalFreelance.com. Thanks.
July 7, 2012
carignan
very interesting
March 25, 2012
emajor
A wonderful collection of writing ideas. A couple of times a week the students do "quick writes" where they have 3-5 minutes to write on a topic, these have given me some new ideas to work with for quick write and other times. Thank you!
January 8, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
I'm delighted that you're delighted! Thanks for the comment. (Terrible: you did rate me/the article; right? I can't figure these things out.)
January 8, 2012
Margaret Whisnant (TpT Seller)
Liked the content of this file so much, I'm featuring it today (December 31, 2011) on my blog as one of my weekly Five Outstanding Freebies. Thanks for sharing!
December 31, 2011
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
It's an honor to be chosen by a top seller and prolific blogger. And you do seem to make a strong effort to help new members as well as put out quality and varied creations. So, I'm grateful.
January 4, 2012
cmjd2010
Thanks...just what I was looking for!
December 18, 2011
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
I'm super glad you found the product to your liking. I really enjoyed the books, many being read-alouds. It is great when students automatically hush their fellow classmates to silence because "Mr. Charnock is getting ready to read [a particular book]!"
January 4, 2012
Margaret Whisnant (TpT Seller)
Love this well-organized and presented product. It
s 100% needed. So many times teachers include an "interview" in a lesson plan only to find out that student's don't have a clue. This goes a long way toward solving that problem. I'm adding a link to it from my blog.
s 100% needed. So many times teachers include an "interview" in a lesson plan only to find out that student's don't have a clue. This goes a long way toward solving that problem. I'm adding a link to it from my blog.
December 3, 2011
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
Well, Margaret, I have designed my cover sheet--pretty neat, too. BUT how do I get it to replace the PDF designation on your list or place it in front of my article? This is all new to me. And should my cover sheet be PDF or plain Word. I tend to use PDF because things get less discombobulated in transfer.
Thanks,
Jim
Thanks,
Jim
December 3, 2011
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nateach re: Teaching Classroom Interviewing
Dear Mr. Charnock,
Thank you for the free download. I just wanted to inform you (rather than ask a question) that I am a science teacher and downloaded your Teaching Classroom Interviewing as a possible 'beginning the new academic year' opener. I may or may not be able to use it. I may have downloaded it but will not be rating and providing feedback unless I am able to use it. Just and FYI.
Regardless, I am thanking you for the opportunity to choose!
Thank you for the free download. I just wanted to inform you (rather than ask a question) that I am a science teacher and downloaded your Teaching Classroom Interviewing as a possible 'beginning the new academic year' opener. I may or may not be able to use it. I may have downloaded it but will not be rating and providing feedback unless I am able to use it. Just and FYI.
Regardless, I am thanking you for the opportunity to choose!
July 14, 2012
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
You're welcom, Nateach. I'm sure there are creative people who can find interviewing an appropriate warming activity in classes other than English. I always kept my class all day (elementary or junior high), so this was not a decision with which I had to deal. Good luck, and if you use it and it works I'd like to know how it went to build some cohesion among the students.
Jim Charnock
Jim Charnock
July 14, 2012
Margaret Whisnant (TpT Seller) re: Teaching Classroom Interviewing
Hi Ms. Charnock,
Just ran across your Teaching Classroom Interviewing in my search for outstanding free products to include in my Five Outstanding Freebies post on my blog. I'm posting a link to this product today! May I respectfully request that you create a colorful, eye-catching cover page and submit this item for inclusion in the 10 Free Downloads Newsletter. I think it will be chosen, and I also think you'll get lots of good feedback.
Just ran across your Teaching Classroom Interviewing in my search for outstanding free products to include in my Five Outstanding Freebies post on my blog. I'm posting a link to this product today! May I respectfully request that you create a colorful, eye-catching cover page and submit this item for inclusion in the 10 Free Downloads Newsletter. I think it will be chosen, and I also think you'll get lots of good feedback.
December 3, 2011
James Charnock (TpT Seller)
Hi, Margaret,
First of all, I am a mister/Mr. (no problem). Thanks for liking the interview technique/s; it is much appreciated. I have always strived to be as clear and student-involving as possible in my teaching. I have about 15 more articles to place, but I don't find this site as friendly as advertised. I'm not sure what you mean by a "colorful, eye-catching" cover page. Don't even know what or where the Downloads Newsletter is, but I can search. I am very busy at present, but will attempt that colorful--did you mean that literally? (I do like to create in Word, but it can be time consuming.) It might be easier if I crate it and send it to you personally and you can place it? Or is that possible. My address is: charnockjtc@yahoo.com.
Thanks again,
Jim Charnock
First of all, I am a mister/Mr. (no problem). Thanks for liking the interview technique/s; it is much appreciated. I have always strived to be as clear and student-involving as possible in my teaching. I have about 15 more articles to place, but I don't find this site as friendly as advertised. I'm not sure what you mean by a "colorful, eye-catching" cover page. Don't even know what or where the Downloads Newsletter is, but I can search. I am very busy at present, but will attempt that colorful--did you mean that literally? (I do like to create in Word, but it can be time consuming.) It might be easier if I crate it and send it to you personally and you can place it? Or is that possible. My address is: charnockjtc@yahoo.com.
Thanks again,
Jim Charnock
December 3, 2011
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
James Charnock, M.Ed, a teacher of 30 years at the elementary and junior high levels, is the author of many articles (some included herein) that have appeared in teacher magazines and professional journals. THE CREATIVE TEACHER: ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE ARTS (GRADES 4 THROUGH 8 AND UP) is his second book--from which some of his TpT articles came. He has written one other book, MT. HOREB: THE LITTLE WHITE SCHOOLHOUSE ON LITTLE DEER CREEK, about the memories and 180-year history of one of Maryland’s last one-room schoolhouses, which he attended as a primary student; it is also a treatise on the issue of smaller schools. In addition to creating educationally-oriented market products, he was for several years a feature writer for a national reading journal ("The Reading Teacher" of the International Reading Association) and has served on the editorial board of a national English journal ("Language Arts" of the National Council of Teachers of English). He has always preferred the action of the classroom, and as a certified reading-language arts specialist, has also served as a mentor teacher. Former students have honored him four times (less than one-half of one percent of teachers are so honored even twice) by placing him in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers—“The best teachers in America selected by the best students.†They chose him as “the teacher who made a difference.†He has also been listed in Who’s Who in the East. Mr. Charnock lives in a suburb of Philadelphia where he continues as a freelance writer, often serving as a conference seminar speaker on the teaching of writing and middle school/junior high classroom art. He also volunteers his time to the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity and has taught an adult course in paper art.
MY TEACHING STYLE
In both math and English-Language Arts my style has always been what is now faddishly called "differentiation". This approach was recognized and blurbed about by a prominent endorser of my 2011 book, THE CREATIVE TEACHER: ACTIVITIES FOR LANGUAGE ARTS (GRADES 4 THROUGH 8 AND UP).
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
See "Experience," above.
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Temple University: MEd, K-8 administrative certification; University of PA: Reading-Language Arts Specialist certification; Teacher of 30 years: Philadelphia
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
For downloadable freebies and templates in teaching art in the middle grades and junior high visit my (G-rated) professional-personal website: TheEducationalFreelancer.com.
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