DJO English Round Table Podcast

Episode 80:Annotation 101Running Time: 18:52This Week's Guests:Mr. MeehanMrs. SwaimMrs. WentzelTaking notes while your reading is a time-tested strategy, but it can be pretty overwhelming to establish a meaningful system of note-taking that works for you. So what does it mean when teachers ask students to "annotate a text?" And how can you develop an annotation strategy of your own? Join Mr. Meehan and Mrs. Wentzel as they welcome Mrs. Swaim to our DJO English Department Podcast family for the first

Episode 79:Get to Know MyDJO!Running Time: 20:13This Week's Guests:Mrs. LewickiMr. MeehanHave you heard the news about MyDJO?Teachers, coaches, counselors and school administrators are taking online learning to the next level thanks toall the cool features and functionality"MyDJO" has to offer (like Edmodo, but infinitely more awesome) -- which is transforming our school's website into a one-stop shop for personalized user content.Completely new and optimized for mobile access, MyDJO automatically

Episode 78:The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(Summer Reading Strategies)Robert Louis Stevenson(1886)Running Time: 12:25This Week's Topics:Guiding questionsClose reading strategiesGothic novelsOriginal Air Date: 8/7/15Students are often told to "take notes" as they make their way through the summer reading, but sometimes it can be tricky to determine just what we should take notes on(and why!) in each new book. This week,Mr. Meehan puts a "Five Minute Focus" -- which is actually more like

Episode 77:Frankenstein(Summer Reading Strategies)Mary Shelley(1818)Running Time: 12:25This Week's Topics:Multiple narratorsClose reading strategiesFrame narrativeOriginal Air Date: 7/31/15After a two week summer hiatus, The DJO English Round Table Podcast is back!Students are often told to "take notes" as they make their way through the summer reading, but sometimes it can be tricky to determine just what we should take notes on(and why!) in each new book. This week,Mr. Meehan puts a "Five Minute

Episode 76:A Farewell to Arms(Summer Reading Strategies)Ernest Hemingway(1929)Running Time: 9:11This Week's Topics:Guiding questionsClose reading strategiesThe Iceberg TechniqueOriginal Air Date: 7/24/15Students are often told to "take notes" as they make their way through the summer reading, but sometimes it can be tricky to determine just what we should take notes on(and why!) in each new book. This week,Mr. Meehan puts a "Five Minute Focus" -- which is actually more like ten minutes -- on A