Mr. Fasano’s English Class

A kid named Zach Endres has posted some remarkable videos on Youtube. I’ve copied his rendition of “The Devil and Tom Walker” and posted it to my Multimedia page. I suspect this was some sort of class project, one for which I’m sure he received an A+. Years ago, creative kids like Zach would’ve been [...]

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I found this example of a timeline map. It’s a little different from the ones hanging on my wall, and I especially like how everything is plotted out. You will soon be required to create a poster based on your timeline essay. The above is a good example of the sort of thing you might [...]

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My neighbor’s dog decided he wanted to wish me a happy Thanksgiving when I took out the garbage. I share his joy because Thanksgiving is one of [...]

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From this day forward, my students will be able to download the day’s notes, which essentially will be a digital pix of what was on the whiteboard — no extra charge for the messy handwriting. When I get a Smart Board, doing this sort of thing will be a snap. See the Notes page for [...]

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We’re about to begin reading a short story called”The Devil and Tom Walker,” which has got me thinking about how much people believe that the Devil or Satan is alive and well today and influencing humankind. I’m too old to know about these things, but there’s an entire subspecies of heavy metal called black metal. [...]

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This is a beautifully done short film based on the Sherman Alexie poem of the same name. Enjoy.
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Four very dedicated journalism students stayed until seven o’clock tonight. They worked on honing their skills and completing the first edition of Paw Prints. The paper isn’t completed, but my students’ skills have begun to improve dramatically.
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I’m looking for two students in each of my classes who would be willing to assist us in journalism. I need eight students willing to learn the page layout program InDesign. You also will need to have proficient writing and editing skills because one of your jobs will be to read, edit, and mark up [...]

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[This is not our staff meeting; picture from Web.]
Yesterday at our staff development day seminar, a woman from SMART Technologies demonstrated the use of a smartboard. I’d previously had no knowledge of the thing, but her demonstration filled me we awe and envy.
The smartboard is the latest in digital gadgetry. To get one installed in [...]

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