Paige+Cole



My name is Paige Cole and I am a Senior Secondary Education - English double major at Clemson University. I am currently student teaching at Daniel High School and hope to teach high school English next year. I am from Charleston, South Carolina and enjoy spending time with family, friends, and my three precious dogs. To me, nothing in this world beats reading a good book at the beach -toes in the sand, salty air filling my lungs, sun beating down on my skin. Go Tigers!

**YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association **
This above linked website is a great Internet source to browse when searching for Young Adult [YA] literature. Students, parents, and teachers alike will be able to find the classics, up and coming, and most popular YA texts in circulation. This website is a division of the American Library Association and is consistently updated.

JSTOR
This website is one of my personal favorite websites to visit when conducting research projects. JSTOR has one of the largest online collections of books, journals, and primary sources. With the site's easy-to-use browser, the students will be able to conduct safe, academic research for any subject area.

Below you will find my Glogster page. This page gives a little taste of me and my life. I have chosen this specific Glog page because it incorporates both color and paper; I believe I am a colorful person, and I will be teaching reading and writing in the very near future. My Glog includes several photos of my favorite things in life - traveling, reading, eating, and the beach. There is one video clip of the Clemson football team running down the hill the opening game of 2013 and an audio clip of American Authors' song "The Best Day of My Life." Clemson, and Clemson football, has been such an important part of my life in the past four years, that I could not fathom creating an "All About Me" page without including a piece on Clemson football! I feel that this will be a great tool to use in the English classroom. The students could possibly make a Glog about a piece of literature they have read - perhaps focusing on mapping a specific character or the major plot points of the piece. Or, they could make a weekly vocabulary Glog in which each student could focus on a specific word and it's definition/context/usage. The possibilities are endless! media type="custom" key="24904536"

Bob Dylan from Blood on the Tracks (I had to upload the file)
 * Simple Twist of Fate **

They sat together in the park As the evening sky grew dark, She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones. 'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

They walked along by the old canal A little confused, I remember well And stopped into a strange hotel with a neon burnin' bright. He felt the heat of the night hit him like a freight train Moving with a simple twist of fate.

A saxophone someplace far off played As she was walkin' by the arcade. As the light bust through a beat-up shade where he was wakin' up, She dropped a coin into the cup of a blind man at the gate And forgot about a simple twist of fate.

He woke up, the room was bare He didn't see her anywhere. He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide, Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate Brought on by a simple twist of fate.

He hears the ticking of the clocks And walks along with a parrot that talks, Hunts her down by the waterfront docks where the sailers all come in. Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait Once more for a simple twist of fate.

People tell me it's a sin To know and feel too much within. I still believe she was my twin, but I lost the ring. She was born in spring, but I was born too late Blame it on a simple twist of fate.

media type="file" key="Simple Twist Of Fate.mp3" width="240" height="20" Response: This song honestly makes me feel both sad and comforted. I feel that Bob Dylan is really trying to emphasize that some of the most important things in life are often out of our control - for instance, in this song, the speaker meeting his soulmate. We cannot control the timing of our life - we cannot control when we will meet the person we are going to marry, or when/where we will land the perfect job, or even where we will end up even tomorrow. To some extent, this is a comforting notion for me; it makes me truly believe that God has an ultimate plan for me that is far greater than I can and ever will imagine. But, at the same time, it is disturbing. It appears that, in this song, the speaker met his soulmate, but, do to the timing of their encounter, they were not meant to be together. And, now he is waiting. No one likes to wait around for something or long for a dream that seems to be of the past or incredibly unrealistic to come true. Well, I don't know. What I do know is that I am hoping that a simple twist of fate will land me in a fun city next year with a teaching job at an amazing school where I can thrive as a teacher and love life. But, I just got to wait for the right timing and for all the cards to fall into place. ==

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 * Vail, Colorado Voicethread**

Interactive Vocabulary Strategy: [|Gotbrainy.com]
This website is a great resource for secondary English classes. On this website, students can create videos or pictures based on the definition of a word. This vocabulary strategy forces students to move beyond the rote memorization of vocabulary; it enables them to truly analyze a word and imagine it in a new context. I love it!