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88How to Write Humor: What's So Funny?
by Rochelle Frank
An editor I once worked with asked if I could teach her how to write humor. Until then, I had never thought of humor as being something that is taught. I've always thought that people have a humor gene or... published 3 months ago
58Sub Teacher: Chosing some Well-Minced Words
by Rochelle Frank
As a sub teacher I rarely saw the teacher whose class I was covering, but one particular morning the regular teacher was attending a meeting on the school grounds. I had a chance to speak with her before... published 3 months ago
59Measuring a Teacher's Authority
by Rochelle Frank
Miss Peterson, my tenth grade English teacher was about 4'11" and 96 pounds. She could have been easily pawed to shreds by an underweight Chihuahua , yet she could look any of us in the eye and make us... published 2 months ago
58Playground Dispute: How You Can Gain Control
by Rochelle Frank
As a personality, I suppose I'm more of a doormat than a doorstop and more of a tabby than a tiger. As a sub teacher I had a common problem: WANTING to be sensitive and fair while NEEDING to be decisive and... published 3 months ago
60Finding Great (Cheap) Teaching Materials
by Rochelle Frank
How do you find supplementary teaching materials. Whether you are a full time teacher, sub teacher, youth group leader of a home-schooling parent, you may may find yourself needing supplementary materials and... published 2 months ago
60"Damn! What's Your Problem?"
by Rochelle Frank
In a particularly challenging fifth grade class with six or seven chronic discipline problems, I had fought the good fight most of the morning. With great effort I had managed to keep a semblance of order by... published 4 months ago
59Substitute teacher: "Oh Say Can You Sub?"
by Rochelle Frank
By Rochelle Frank Picking up the receiver by the dawn's early light, I muttered what was supposed to be "Hello?", but it ended up being pronounced more like "hrumm?" I was answered in a foreign language:... published 4 months ago
74How to Catch a Tiny Saw-Whet Owl
by Rochelle Frank
"I was afraid he would fly away before I could get a picture," says photographer Linda Gast. Her husband had called her to come outside and bring her camera. "I knew it was an owl, but I didn't know what... published 4 days ago
65Being Sub-Human: Experiences With the Absurd.
by Rochelle Frank
Where do substitute teachers come from? No one knows. We have plenty of firemen, veterinarians, ballerinas and astronauts-- because young children WANT to be these things. Five year-olds never want to be ... published 2 months ago
62Sub teacher: "Out of My Elephant . . . I Mean, Element."
by Rochelle Frank
One of the particular joys of substitute teaching is being immersed in the full range of educational experiences. If you work in a densely populated area you may work in many grade levels and many subjects... published 4 months ago
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