Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November

Teach Guy Fawkes Day. 

Guy Fawkes rose to fame after planning the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, and failing. On Nov. 5, we remember the fifth with fireworks and parties, and some of us even watch V for Vendetta, the film based on Guy’s actions.

Guy Fawkes Day: 5 Things To Know

Want to know what November 5 was made famous for? We’re here for you.

1. Guy Fawkes joined a group of English Catholics and attempted to plant gunpowder in the cellar of the Palace of Westminister in 1605, planning to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of England’s Parliament. He was discovered by Thomas Knyvett, the keeper of the Whitehall Palace on November 5. He found Guy (who was posing as John Johnson), along with about 900 kg of gunpowder. The group he was involved with was planning to assassinate the Protestant King James.

2. The holiday was celebrated by fireworks because those in London were encouraged to celebrate the safety of the king by lighting fires. The celebrations were actually repealed in 1859. The celebration has become less and less each year, but many have fireworks to remember the Gunpowder plot.

3. Those who searched the palace actually found out about the assassination plan from an anonymous letter!

4. “Remember, Remember, the fifth of November” is the line from a poem that took on the nature of a nursery rhyme. Here is the full verse:

Remember, remember the fifth of November,

The gunpowder, treason and plot,

I know of no reason

Why gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot.

5. V for Vendetta is based on Alan Moore‘s comic book series, which became popular with a mask styled like the one Guy was wearing. So in case you thought it looked familiar, that’s why

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Educating Difficult Student --> Athletes

The Stereotypical Jock.

The stereotype of athletes is that they refuse to study because sports are more important than education. The typical athlete doesn't want to study, doesn't care about education, and are stubborn in the classroom.  From my experience being a student in middle school/high school I always noticed that some jocks did not want to study because they were tired from practice. However, I honestly refuse to believe that every jock is lazy. Everyone is different so here are my tips for dealing with such students.

1. Befriend the coaches at school 

Befriend a coach is very beneficial because if the students act up all you have to do is pick up the phone in the room (if you have one) and call their coach  When I was in high school my English teacher was best friends with the football coach and if a football player would not listen to her, she would pick up the phone and put him on speaker. let's just say the boys did their work after the man yelled at them. So I highly recommend being on the coaches good side so they have your back

2. Respect your student's after school activities. 

I know for teachers we think the world revolves around us and our work. However, let's put ourselves back in high school and remember how tough it was to juggle so much stuff (homework, clubs, sports, family life, etc). In my experience in high school I always admired the teachers who asked if we had a lot of tests on a certain day and if we did, they would postpone it to another day. When I'm a teacher I will do the same because high school shouldn't be so stressful that you want to hurt yourself like some people when they are stressed out. Also, if your jocks have a game that night try to be a little considerate and tell them they can turn it in the following day. Yet, don't let them walk all over you, when you say the following day, you mean it. 

3. Support Your Students At Games

Yes, it's as simple as that. Go to school events and show your students that you support their sport. Usually when students see a teacher at a game, they of course, avoid them because who wants to be seen with a teacher? However, I do believe it means something to them to know teachers support the sports at school. Also, if you go to the games you'll know more about your student. How they react under pressure. How they are a team player. Etc. Sports are their passion, and when people are passionate about something, that is when their true colors emerge. So, go and support your students.

Books I'd Like To Teach. -->11th Grade

• Native Son-Richard Wright
• African American month. 
• Probably Honors.
• Harlem Renassiance
• Would have to get it approved due to graphic scenes
• Of Mice & Men- John Steinbeck 
• around 100 pages.
• could easily read in a week
• Honors&CP classes 
• Transcendentalist 
• Frankenstein- Mary Shelley
• HONORS ONLY
• Gothic Era Class
• Macbeth- Shakespeare
• Tale of Two Cities- Charles Dickens
• HONORS ONLY
• Victorian Era Class

Lord Byron Teaching.

SHE walks in beauty, like the night A
Of cloudless climes and starry skies, B
And all that's best of dark and bright A
Meets in her aspect and her eyes; B
Thus mellow'd to that tender light      A    5
Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. B

*8 syballus per sentence.

One shade the more, one ray the less, C
Had half impair'd the nameless grace D
Which waves in every raven tress C
Or softly lightens o'er her face, D  10 ---> 9!
Where thoughts serenely sweet express C
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. D


And on that cheek and o'er that brow E -->9
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, F
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,  E 15 -->9
But tell of days in goodness spent,— F
A mind at peace with all below, E
A heart whose love is innocent F

--> rhyme scheme= easy

Poem Teaching.

H. Coleridge

CLXXV. "She is not fair to outward view"

SHE is not fair to outward view,
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until she smiled on me.
Oh, then I saw her eye was bright,	5
A well of love, a spring of light.
But now her looks are coy and cold,
To mine they ne'er reply,
And yet I cease not to behold
The love-light in her eye:	10
Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens are.

• 1st stanza--> ABABCC 
• 2nd stanza-> ABABCC
• Make them figure out rhyme. Level: easy
• Clearly he is in love with a woman who does not notice him." Her loveliness I never knew" 
• She doesn't seem to be the nicest woman, "But now her looks are coy and cold," yet he still finds her beautiful. 
• Even though she is cold, she still has life in her eyes.