Public School Teacher

McDonald has taught at Texas State University, Texas Lutheran University, New Braunfels High School, and now teaches Academic English I & II at San Marcos High School. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in English in 1985 and Master's in 1996 with a specialization in "Written Dialect." Both degrees and her certification program were completed at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University).

• 9th Grade Class
• 10th Grade Class
• Summer Reading for Academic Students
• Technology Lesson
• WebQuests
  • Scottsboro Boys' Trials
  • "Save New Braunfels" WebQuest, a Cross-Curricular, Multi-Media Research Unit
• Vita
• Information of interest to teachers.

For information about McDonald's work as a teacher, email ana.mcdonald@san-marcos.isd.tenet.edu.

Publications

For nearly 15 years, Ana McDonald has published essays, articles, and commentaries in forums such as the Dallas Morning News, Virtue magazine, and the Waco Tribune-Herald. She was a regular contributor to the Sunday Insight page of the San Antonio Express-News for seven years and has taught a variety of Continuing Education and Religious workshops.

Her scholarly publications are often cited by other researchers, especially

• review of literature regarding best practices for at-risk students
• a chart comparing secondary Language Arts TEKS (.pdf) - In Acrobat, go to View > Rotate Clockwise to read this on-line.
• an analysis of the national and state standards, including TEKS & TAKS

For information regarding McDonald's publications, email anamcdonald@corridor.net.