Booking and details
Dates Thu, Aug 24, 2023, 8pm (ET)
Tickets Free, Registration required
Duration 8:00pm - 9:00pm (ET)
Ditch your syllabus for one period! Instead: Your students put down their phones as you preview your year of literature together!
In the earliest days of school, wake up your students with fun, joyful, and energetic readings of a variety of texts, give them time for collaboration and close reading, and build anticipation for the new school year! Get them on their feet, and create learning and community!
Deborah Gascon, Folger Teacher extraordinaire, leads this Folger-Method-in-action session.
Dr. Deborah Gascon
Dr. Deborah Gascon is a National Board Certified teacher who teaches English and Journalism in Columbia, SC. She also taught English in Romania on a Fulbright Teacher Exchange. Deborah is a 2012 Teaching Shakespeare Institute alum and a Folger Summer Academy mentor teacher. Her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction is from The University of South Carolina; her dissertation is about the teaching of Shakespeare to increase student comprehension, empathy, and awareness of gender and race issues. When she isn’t teaching, she loves to attend her weekly tap dance class, play tennis, travel to new places, and dig in the dirt. Deborah is also a contributor to the upcoming The Folger Guides to Teaching Shakespeare (expected 2024).