The contemporary story begins with the finding of an original page from A Midsummer Night’s Dream hidden in the cover of an ancient Book of Common Prayer owned by an elderly woman, Sudie McFadden.
Lady of the Play is written in parallel historical and contemporary stories, with focus on the life of Elizabeth Trentham, the other Shakespeare. The Conscious Teacher is simply a must have for anyone truly interested in giving young children a positive and solid foundation for their later schooling. Nichols Poulos provides will also be an eye-opener for parents and experienced teachers as well. The Conscious Teacher is an indispensable guide for all new teachers. Her experiences taught her that young students are much more capable than many people realize. She also shows how to integrate social studies with literature and writing. And her ideas for teaching the arts are inspirational, as she describes in detail how her fourth graders performed Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Julius Caesar, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. When she differentiated curriculum to support all students’ needs, she found their learning accelerated.Īll teachers will appreciate her ideas about how to teach the basics of math, as well as advanced math concepts. Among other things, she lays out the steps for students-even as early as fourth grade-to write five paragraph essays and their own student-authored books, and to research and write reports that include bibliographies. Foundational to her program are reading and writing. And she emphasizes the importance of the parent-student-teacher team and includes many examples of how to communicate with-and involve-parents, even those who may be difficult. She also illustrates how setting up classroom routines helps students know what to expect and how to make the best use of every minute. She explains the strategic steps she takes before school starts-how essential it is to get to know each student before they walk into class on that first day. Nichols Poulos employs to set up a behavior management plan that works. Nichols Poulos points out, for example, that from the very first day, it is important that students learn they will be treated with dignity and respect no matter what. What makes The Conscious Teacher unique are the inspirational lessons that are unlike what most teachers get in their teacher-education courses or student teaching. An experience in the seventh grade flipped a switch and started her on a journey to becoming an outstanding student and, later, to applying the lessons she learned as a child to her own teaching
At first, she struggled, but when she still failed, she adopted an avoidance strategy that served her well until junior high. Her early failures convinced her she was dumb. She begins with her personal story of not being able to read all through elementary school. In an accessible, conversational style, Deborah Nichols Poulos presents unique approaches to teaching that will inspire new and veteran teachers alike. The Conscious Teacher is about all kinds of strategies and techniques educators might employ to become more effective teachers. The first two books are: “ NOC - Non-Official Cover: British Secret Operations and NOC Twice: More UK Non-Official Cover Operations. Since that time I have been granted political asylum in France, where I now reside. I was recalled into active duty in 07, and volunteered for one more operation in 2008 after retirement. I did three tours of duty, first serving in 1971-1983. I am a British citizen and a 20-year veteran of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). This book, the third in the NOC Trilogy covers my last five years in the field being in charge of the 'uncammo' (not in uniform) unit of the special forces, 2003-2007, which encompassed the Iraqi War and being in the field in Afghanistan, Somalia and The Yemen, among others.įor obvious reasons I must remain anonymous. I held the highest security clearance level a British intelligence officer could reach. The higher you went up the secrecy ladder, the less people knew about you. In my days there were five classified UK Eyes Only security clearance levels. "Due to censorship restrictions, a veteran of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service tells a fictionalized version of his covert action experiences" Publishers Weekly
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