Tag Archives: building vocabulary/conceptual knowledge

Here is a reading on Rene Descartes along with its vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet. I’ve had exactly one request for this material in 17 years of teaching, which is why it exists. If, like me, you’ve had students in special education classes who were there on account of acting-out behavior, and not because they were learning disabled. I prepared this for just such a student, who was exceptionally intelligent, but suffered from an inordinate love of fisticuffs.

If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.

Finally this morning, here is a reading on Plato and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet if you teach him in the context of global studies, English language arts, or even a philosophy class. This is a short but solid general introduction to ancient Greek thought in general and Plato in particular.

If you find typos in these documents, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.