Summer’s Here and the Time is Right for Dancing in the Tweet

In my English classes, one student takes notes every period. S/he records what we do, the assignments, and the handouts and materials we used. This student also gives me feedback on the lesson, and records some impressions. At the end of class, our note-taker chooses one idea, thought, or summary statement to share with the world on our class Twitter account.

I have not included every tweet from the year. Go here if you want to see all of them from all three classes. Instead, here is an edited list that gives a flavor of my 2012-2013 school year.

• ·      First tweet of the year: write on the walls!
• ·      Got started on a great year!
• ·      The writing expedition begins.
• ·      I saw a bug!
• ·      Effective techniques of readers
• ·      After discussing our awesome names, we are going to have a great weekend!
• ·      Learning how to annotate a paper.
• ·      What do Dennis the Menace, Hemingway, and Hamlet have in common?
• ·      My Father's Voice! Woohoo!
• ·      Pretty table brightens the whole room!
• ·      Mind your p's and q's! #grammargirl
• ·      We made curry!
• ·      What helps and hinders discussion?
• ·      Two words...dashes, essays           
• ·      What happened to Jenna Fox?
• ·      #Worstcollegeessays
• ·      Why won't http://turnitin.com load?           
• ·      Loud means "I need help" not "tell me to be quiet."
• ·      A quote sandwich with cheese.
• ·      Zim, zir, z's drive me crazy!
• ·      Imagery is the key and focus is the lock to a great essay!
• ·      There was no lunch period today, so we ate quote sandwiches.
• ·      Solo synchronized swimming! Now can I kill the bunny?
• ·      Jenna is a toaster.
• ·      Twinkle, Twinkle, Blessed House
• ·      Cranky old lonely people.
• ·      Is she human?
• ·      Do the "write" thing
• ·      :( What is the answer to the puzzle?
• ·      It's like musical chairs, but with quote sandwiches.
• ·      Sexy is our big winner! #surprising
• ·      The English teacher felt odd after being fired: it was post grammatic stress syndrome.
• ·      Flirt outside of class.
• ·      Star Wars or Star Trek? Star Trek, of course!
• ·      The interpreter of interpretations.
• ·      Shift happens.
• ·      Frame by frame.
• ·      Updating your daughter.
• ·      Telepathic check!
• ·      Red rover, red rover, let us come over!
• ·      The phone farted!
• ·      You only have one body, unless you are Jenna Fox.
• ·      You married your mom and your children are your siblings.
• ·      Everyone wave to the tomato!
• ·      A prophecy always comes true.
• ·      Too many books! Which do we choose?
• ·      Hurricane Sandy can’t stop us!
• ·      Happy Halloween, Antigone!
• ·      Deconstructing our essays.
• ·      Where is Hamlet?
• ·      It’s okay to show up late to the play.
• ·      A foil is an important literary tool, it's also great for wrapping up food!
• ·      Another day, another essay…
• ·      Wei Chen, the wingman!
• ·      I want it that way.
• ·      #Rockets Back dorm boys
• ·      Explicating Creed
• ·      What’s the truth behind the disappearance of Chris Creed? Will we ever know? Hi Mom! We know how to English!
• ·      Greasers, detective work, “you should dump him.”
• ·      Don't lean back on rolling chairs!
• ·      Research project 2012
• ·      Drinking, fencing, swearing, quarreling, drabbing galore!
• ·      To be or not to be?
• ·      Acceptance is…
• ·      Mock quiz!
• ·      Hamlet..put on hold for now.
• ·      Tasty cakes and kinder. #hashtag
• ·      Process paper fun!
• ·      Thesis - pass it on.
• ·      How can you REsearch even before you have searched before?
• ·      Chris Creed takes Facebook! #facebook
• ·      And then there were none.
• ·      Let's kill Hamlet!           
• ·      Psycho psychic!
• ·      We can have a pep talk and have cupcakes for finals.
• ·      Bob Haines? Creed suspense level #increasing!
• ·      Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Charlie Brown.
• ·      Four year planning!
• ·      He's alive! Chris Creed is Torey Adams? It's all so confusing!
• ·      More and more research! #lungevity
• ·      We talked about safety and taking care of each other. #sandyhook
• ·      Presentations finished! (Well...almost).
• ·      Theses rhymes with feces.
• ·      Revise, revise, revise!
• ·      We have to memorize fifteen lines?
• ·      Write in Yoda speak, you should not.
• ·      Santa is dead now. #happyholidays
• ·      Taking to walls!
• ·      Book circles! #yah!
• ·      I like my book!
• ·      Everybody get an ARC conference. #finals
• ·      Field trip to learn about English electives.
• ·      Shakespeare = death
• ·      Ransom note poetry and Romeo and Juliet!
• ·      Translucent stilettos hoard!
• ·      Line and stanzas versus sentences and paragraphs. Posts and Facebook versus tweets and Twitter.
• ·      Don't be a Charles!
• ·      Meet Queen Mab!
• ·      Poetry Out Loud!
• ·      Romeo and Juliet field trip <3 span="">
• ·      Marwage, marwage is what bwings us together, today.
• ·      #Mountains beyond mountains beyond mountains beyond mountains beyond
• ·      Translations + lockdown #scary #silence
• ·      All humor comes from body fluids #onlyinenglishclass
• ·      The four point (icon) challenge.
• ·      ziuq drawkcaB           
• ·      How we know you are texting: nobody looks at their crotch and smiles.
• ·      We should invest in snare drums for all these puns!
• ·      In class essay, woo hoo!
• ·      Is this a kissing movie?
• ·      So much poison!
• ·      Thesis! Thesis! Thesis!
• ·      Romeo and Juliet is being rewritten by a lot of people!
• ·      Pondered the answer to questions of life.
• ·      Time for graduation...speeches!
• ·      Field Trip to Romeo and Juliet!
• ·      Do good grad speeches. Don't blame the traffic lights. P.S. Don't miss the musical.
• ·      Tell us when to wear good pants for re-read.
• ·      Mr. Scott did it!
• ·      How to not be a nervous-nilly.
• ·      Drawing Tale!
• ·      Research senior project properly: Don't waste time!
• ·      My boots are dirty!
• ·      Good FAQs are the key to success! #seniorproject
• ·      We love thunderstorms!
• ·      Why would Mr. Hirsch want essays without names on them?
• ·      It's not a tale of two cities, it's about two cities at different times. #Ilovelucie
• ·      French revolution fun and topping it off with character chart chaos.
• ·      We all shared one Google Doc! #taleoftwocites
• ·      Essay 1, Episode 3: Return of the King!
• ·      Let's play hang lamp!
• ·      Experiential learning is fun!
• ·      "Crunching" out more mysteries! #punintended
• ·      Wish I was here for Senior Symposium - looks awesome!
• ·      Blog post and learning activities. Kapish?
• ·      Never ending Tale...
• ·      Senior presentation: a slideway to hell!
• ·      People don't kill people, sneezes kill people. #knitting
• ·      The end is near! #seniorproject
• ·      Keep calm and blog/write/read/analyze on; who actually reads this...? Help! I'm trapped in an English class!
• ·      Cly is sly!
• ·      "It was the best of times..." No... It wasn't.
• ·      Goodbye Cara! We will miss you :(
• ·      Tale Day tomorrow!
• ·      #getreadyforfinals #lastdayoffreshmanenglish We'll miss you Mr. Hirsch!
• ·      Tweet review! Course and teacher evaluation.
• ·      Last day of class! :(