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Coming November 23rd: "Write Beside Them" Book Club with Penny Kittle

More information to come, but the book club for Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing will begin November 23rd with Penny Kittle leading the discussion. More soon, including information about ordering options. Knowing Penny and her work, this is a book whose ideas easily and effectively adapt down to lower grade levels for those who want to participate but do not teach high school.

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Katheryn Hans

Teaching Students to Ask Good Questions 2 Replies

Started by Katheryn Hans. Last reply by Heather Stringham 6 hours ago.

cat peers smith

Persuasive Writing 5 Replies

Started by cat peers smith. Last reply by April Hoglund 6 hours ago.

Carrie

Honoring Veterans Day in English Class 1 Reply

Started by Carrie. Last reply by Meredith S 7 hours ago.

Alyssa Bluhm

The Late Work Debate 14 Replies

Started by Alyssa Bluhm. Last reply by Mark Gardner 8 hours ago.

Valerie

Praxis II 0041

Started by Valerie 14 hours ago.

Betsy McNeer

Twain's "The War Prayer"

Started by Betsy McNeer 16 hours ago.

Sara Barth

Reading in class 13 Replies

Started by Sara Barth. Last reply by Tom Thompson 17 hours ago.

Teresa

need video to show mental health institutions during 1960s 7 Replies

Started by Teresa. Last reply by Angie 21 hours ago.

Johanna Rios

Frederick Douglass and Thematically Linked Essays/Short Stories 2 Replies

Started by Johanna Rios. Last reply by Susan Willey 1 day ago.

Cheryl Spenik

YA Lit Books: Death of Parent(s) 5 Replies

Started by Cheryl Spenik. Last reply by Lauren B. 1 day ago.

Jim Burke

Revisiting the Place and Purpose of Homework 16 Replies

Started by Jim Burke. Last reply by James H Dunning 1 day ago.

Karen LaBonte

EC NING MEETUP at NCTE! 16 Replies

Started by Karen LaBonte. Last reply by Denee Tyler 1 day ago.

Kate Stevens

Journal writing how to-- 1 Reply

Started by Kate Stevens. Last reply by Tom Thompson 1 day ago.

Tom Thompson

Comic Books in the Classroom? 4 Replies

Started by Tom Thompson. Last reply by Tom Thompson 1 day ago.

Laura Lynn La Notte-Hays

Isn't there a better way to support new teachers? 2 Replies

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Blog Posts

Teresa Bunner

Priorities and Time- Have I Done Enough?

Posted by Teresa Bunner on November 6, 2009 at 8:04pm — 1 Comment

Hamilton Salsich

WALKING THROUGH BOOKS

Posted by Hamilton Salsich on November 6, 2009 at 4:03pm

Steve Shann

How to improve literacy rates: a simple plan

Posted by Steve Shann on November 6, 2009 at 2:06pm — 7 Comments

Gayle Brooks

Harkness Discussion Update 11/4/09

Posted by Gayle Brooks on November 6, 2009 at 9:46am

Heather Stringham

Changing English II to a Reading and Writing Workshop

Posted by Heather Stringham on November 6, 2009 at 7:05am — 2 Comments

Alan Sitomer

Bullets just took another student's life and it doesn't make any sense.

Posted by Alan Sitomer on November 6, 2009 at 4:00am — 4 Comments

Lauren B.

Other Duties as Required

Posted by Lauren B. on November 6, 2009 at 2:07am

Teri Lesesne

NCTE

Posted by Teri Lesesne on November 5, 2009 at 4:44pm — 4 Comments

Hamilton Salsich

ON NOT CHOOSING FOR OURSELVES

Posted by Hamilton Salsich on November 5, 2009 at 3:00pm

Teri Lesesne

books about death of family members

Posted by Teri Lesesne on November 5, 2009 at 11:36am — 4 Comments

Traci Gardner

What’s the Best Plagiarism Detector?

Posted by Traci Gardner on November 5, 2009 at 10:00am

Alan Sitomer

Is the Race issue dead?

Posted by Alan Sitomer on November 5, 2009 at 5:30am — 11 Comments

Kate Thomas

Defending your Practice

Posted by Kate Thomas on November 4, 2009 at 10:10pm

Hamilton Salsich

SHUTTING UP

Posted by Hamilton Salsich on November 4, 2009 at 1:07pm — 1 Comment

Mike Nickolai

Classroom Library - Ebay

Posted by Mike Nickolai on November 4, 2009 at 9:51am

R.F. James

Do you write?

Posted by R.F. James on November 4, 2009 at 9:20am — 4 Comments

Alan Sitomer

The billions on national standardized testing that will be spent... and the profits.

Posted by Alan Sitomer on November 4, 2009 at 5:30am — 7 Comments

PaulWHankins

Poem #3 for NaPoWriMo: "The Eve of My Knowing" from The Lost Drinking Songs of Adam

Posted by PaulWHankins on November 3, 2009 at 4:13pm

Hamilton Salsich

FORMALITY AND FUNKINESS

Posted by Hamilton Salsich on November 3, 2009 at 8:15am — 1 Comment

Alan Sitomer

My Decision If I Were Principal (Part VI)

Posted by Alan Sitomer on November 3, 2009 at 5:30am — 11 Comments

 
 

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Steve Shann commented on Steve Shann's blog post 'How to improve literacy rates: a simple plan'
Thanks for these responses. Do you have a link to a good summary of NCLB legislation & results Teresa; I googled it and got about 140 000! It would be good to see good graphs Ramona, or the wide body of literacy research that Elfarran mentions. I...
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Dustin Lewis replied to Kimberly Hager's discussion 'Good short stories for teaching theme' in the group Teaching Reading
Hello Kimberly, I believe that a great short story for 9th graders is "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. The theme deals with what happens when the hunter becomes the hunted. More importantly the story's theme can be seen about surviva...
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Adrienne Custer replied to Adrienne Custer's discussion 'I really need some help! Please!' in the group Journalism
Well, I'm settled in and we've published two papers so far, right on schedule. I can't say that they've been a smooth ride (read: 5 am phone calls from the press on the day of publishingboth times) but they've made it to press and I haven't been f...
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Heather Stringham replied to Katheryn Hans's discussion 'Teaching Students to Ask Good Questions'
I have learned that skills are the way to go. If I want them to work on character, I would teach them a simple passage about character and then have them read a passage on their own. They would need to come up with the questions. I hope this helps.
6 hours ago
Deon Youd added a discussion to the group Teaching Shakespeare
As You Like It
I am about to teach As You Like It for the first time. Does anyone have any activities or lesson ideas that work well with this play? Any advice would be very appreciated. Thanks, Deon
6 hours ago
April Hoglund replied to cat peers smith's discussion 'Persuasive Writing'
Kelli, What grade did you do design this lessson for? Did any of your students write about To Kill A Mockingbird? My department created a common assessment on TKAM, and the prompt asks students to argue whether Lee's book should be banned in scho...
6 hours ago
Jim Burke Just checking in with the ECN! Only now arrived in Omaha for workshop. Looking forward inviting English Ts in Omaha to join us on the ECN!
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Allie O'Shea replied to Cristy Weggelaar's discussion 'What to do with packed curriculum?' in the group Teaching American Literature
I am working on Huck Finn now and will soon be moving into The Great Gatsby. One thing I have found tremendously successful so far is having the students use Literature Circles to go over the text and delve into it deeper with each other. It also ...
6 hours ago
Daniel Sharkovitz replied to Cristy Weggelaar's discussion 'What to do with packed curriculum?' in the group Teaching American Literature
Cristy, The Coalition of Essential Schools has a lot of information that you may find helpful as you think through this issue. One of their principles--less is more, learning is not the same as covering,--could offer some insight. Here is a link ...
7 hours ago
Mary Eva replied to Nora Landon's discussion 'Poetry Textbook/Anthology' in the group Poetry Corner
Another anthology which I love using because of its wide range of poetry is Theme and Image (Bk 1 and 2). It's a rather old text but you might be able to find copies.
7 hours ago
Meredith S replied to Carrie's discussion 'Honoring Veterans Day in English Class'
Here's a link to the thread in the poetry group in case folks might be looking for it. I really enjoyed listening to the New Yorker fiction podcast of Stephanie Vaughan's short story "Dog Heaven." Not specifically about veterans but about great st...
7 hours ago
Lyn Tiernan commented on Teresa Bunner's blog post 'Priorities and Time- Have I Done Enough?'
Teresa, I too often reach the end of a school year and wonder if I have done enough. The last few years I've changed my mantra and recognized I am only part of a bigger picture and asked myself if I have dome my part as well as I could. And its cl...
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Teresa Bunner added a blog post
I can’t think of a school year where I didn’t wish for more time with my students. I find myself thinking “If we just had a little more time we could…” But I know as each semester and each year ends, that I must realize that the learning process i...
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Teresa Bunner left a comment for Lyn Tiernan
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Mark Gardner replied to Alyssa Bluhm's discussion 'The Late Work Debate'
In order for me to accept late work, I require them to spend one minute of after-school Academic Detention with me per point value of the work (luckily we have an online grading program so kids and parents can always see points possible...and thus...
8 hours ago
Lyn Tiernan replied to Meagan Varga's discussion 'Teaching Poetry' in the group Poetry Corner
I too begin with their response and move into talking about forms and devices by asking students to focus on lines or groups of words that really stand out, lines they have kept coming back to in our discussions. Sometimes we mindmap the possible ...
8 hours ago
Lyn Tiernan commented on Alan Brown's group 'Poetry Corner'
I am new to this group and in the first few minutes I've laughed, found some great ideas and resources and been inspired. I'm teaching poetry to year 12 at the moment. Last week I set an assignment for students to retell the poem 'Father and Child...
8 hours ago
Lyn Tiernan Kelli McGraw recommened this ning and Kelli has always given me good tips and interesting things to get involved in, so here I am.
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Ramona Lowe commented on Steve Shann's blog post 'How to improve literacy rates: a simple plan'
We--by which I mean those of us who value real literacy--need to develop a a way to put numbers with the real literacy activities we value. The powers want things in graph form and want to see growth from week to week. They don't get how literacy ...
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