Tag Archives: All Quiet on the Western Front

Not “All Quiet”

Posted on April 5, 2012 by jyourist

We are reading All Quiet on the Western Front now. I have given different chapters to groups of students for them to create and grade a reading quiz (they love playing teacher), to define some vocabulary, but most importantly, to … Continue reading →

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

Posted on May 1, 2011 by jyourist

Sometimes working with 13 year olds can be nerve-wracking, challenging, frustrating. Then there are times when they can be, well, …inspiring. At the end of our reading of All Quiet on the Western Front, I ask my students to do … Continue reading →

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Miracles happen

Posted on April 21, 2011 by jyourist

We just finished reading All Quiet on the Western Front. In our last discussion of the book, my afternoon class spent nearly 45 minutes talking about the last page and a half of the novel. OK, this may not be … Continue reading →

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Would you rather be a garbage man or a mathematician?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by jyourist

We discussed Chapter 6 today of All Quiet on the Western Front, a vivid and disturbing chapter about the realities of war. A man biting his artery so he wouldn’t bleed to death; a soldier holding in his intestines; a … Continue reading →

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Is this going to be on the test?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by jyourist

We are reading All Quiet on the Western Front now. Yesterday we were talking about poison gas. There is a scene in the book where the main character, Paul, tears off his gas mask gasping for oxygen. We talked about … Continue reading →

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