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Allison

@MrsPowellTweets

Online HS English teacher, EdD student at U of Illinois, pro comics in the classroom, Gothic lit fangirl, proud nerd. She/her. Tweets my own.

 California, USA
Joined November 2016
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If you teach Hamlet and don't think this is the funniest meme of all time, you're wrong. #truestory #shakespearehumor
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This is an exceptionally bad decision.
U.S. News Education (@USNewsEducation) profile pictureU.S. News Education@USNewsEducation12 Oct 2021
For the first time, U.S. News launches rankings of public elementary and middle schools. nytv.to/vRnpv
It's fall! You know what that means: - Apple picking - Hay rides - Sweaters - Reading anything by Edgar Allan Poe and being forced to come to terms with the inevitability of death as well as the perils of idealization - Pumpkins - Flannel
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I don't want to alarm anyone but BBC America is showing a Hitchcock marathon.
*cites in current learning module project immediately*
Open Graves & Minds (@OGOMProject) profile pictureOpen Graves & Minds@OGOMProject7 Oct 2020
How Scooby Doo Influenced A Whole Generation of Gothic Scholars #31DaysofHalloween opengravesopenminds.com/crit…
How Scooby Doo Influenced A Whole Generation of Gothic Scholars

How Scooby Doo Influenced A Whole Generation of Gothic Scholars

If you were one of those kids who rushed home from school in the 70s to watch Scooby Doo it might just have influenced you in your Gothic thinking and in your understanding of the way Gothic storie…

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Need some spoo00oo0o000oooky Shakespeare to prepare for Halloween? Experience the supernatural chills and political thrills of MACBETH for free (!) courtesy of our friends at @FolgerLibrary
Folger Shakespeare Library (@FolgerLibrary) profile pictureFolger Shakespeare Library@FolgerLibrary1 Oct 2020
Witches! Ghosts! Something wicked coming this way! Our film of Folger Theatre and @TwoRiverTheater's bloody and magical "Macbeth" is the perfect way to kick off your Halloween month. Watch it for free on YouTube. 👻🧙‍♀️🗡️ bit.ly/2JgcEYI
Video: Folger Theatre's 2008 Macbeth | Folger Shakespeare Library

Video: Folger Theatre's 2008 Macbeth | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore....

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Celebrating #Halloween month with 31 days of great #horror fiction #31daysofHalloween #31daysofhorror Check out @LKremmel's fantastic post on gothic novels, final girls, THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO & AMERICAN MARY by the @twisted_twins horrorhomeroom.com/origins-o…
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PLEASE don’t give advanced students more work because they are ‘gifted’ ... don’t punish them for something they can’t control Focus on less work with deeper layers and cognitive connections
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Why in the world does MS have resume templates that make use of a Likert scale for skills????????
Don’t forget to join us later this month for our #MonsterMash! An introductory, virtual Gothic Reading Group where it’s bring your own monster! You can find all the deets here: sheffieldgothic.home.blog/20… Want to come along? Email us for the session info. #GothsAssemble
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Question for the class, How can we expect students to be life long learners when the adults are displaying resistance to this mindset as displayed by their yellowed lesson plans from 1996?
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Newest addition to Student Guinea Pig Art Collection. *chef kiss*
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Allison (@MrsPowellTweets) profile pictureAllison@MrsPowellTweets19 Sep 2020
Hello. This week has been awful. So here is a photo one of my students edited to add our family’s guinea pig in place of Smudge the cat. I hope you enjoy it.
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Another student drew this. Our guinea pig’s name is Potato. It’s a Potato plant. 😂💛
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I have one (1) revision left to fix on my first project and our internet is out until 3PM (approx.). There are bigger societal issues but I want this piece done and done.
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There has been little progress on teacher diversity, a new federal report shows. That may be because despite increased attention to the issue, there has been, as far as I can tell, limited *policy* changes to address it nces.ed.gov/pubs2020/2020103…
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"kids can open their video games and host a match or join a party but they can't open a new tab or figure out kahoot" lamented the teacher who thinks their class is just as fun and engaging as fortnite
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It’s fall which means it’s candy corn season
Having been woken from a dead sleep to two cats chasing a flying squirrel before, can confirm these little guys are soft and adorable troublemakers.
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Today my least favorite thing in the world is citations.
Hey teacher friends - how much PD did you receive for some of the online teaching tools you’re using this year?
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