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Looking for poems to complement multi-cultural literature My students are doing literature circles with young adult multi-cultural books. The books all focus on the difficulties of different grou... Started by Tatyana Claytor	0	52 minutes ago
Ethics of Authenticity, Chapter 1 This is the first post in what's intended to be a dialogue between Steve Shann and me and anyone else who cares to join in. We will discu... Started by Michael Umphrey	1	2 hours ago Reply by Steve Shann
Where are we with grammar instruction? Various conversations on the ECN, combined with recent rounds of state testing raise the question about the study of grammar and in ways ... Started by Jim Burke	68	4 hours ago Reply by Debbie Thornton
The Late Work Debate First, a bit of context for my current internal struggle: in two weeks, I start my job as a long-term substitute teacher at the high scho... Started by Alyssa Bluhm	21	5 hours ago Reply by David B. Cohen
Help! - I'm to teach Milton's Paradise Lost as part of my pre-student teaching practium I could use some ideas on presenting The Fall of Satan from Paradise Lost by John Milton. My instinct tells me that I may want to propose... Started by Steve Booton	2	13 hours ago Reply by Steve Booton
Is having students write a psychological analysis of one character a good idea??? I'm currently teaching English IV and we just finished Their Eyes Were Watching God. I'd like my kids to write a psychological analysis o... Started by Angela Hartmann	6	13 hours ago Reply by Csanders
Teaching Conflict In my creative writing course, we've spent a significant time on the short story genre and ss elements, but the one that seems to be the ... Started by Valerie A. Person	3	14 hours ago Reply by Valerie A. Person
YA Lit Books: Death of Parent(s) I am trying to find a few YA Lit novels that deal with a teen coping with the death of one or both parents. Any suggestions? Thanks! Cheryl Started by Cheryl Spenik	6	15 hours ago Reply by Beatrice Mendez Newman
Article Bank It was mentioned more than once on the Article of the Week discussion, so here goes: a thread to post articles of the week (with thanks t... Started by Jen P	49	22 hours ago Reply by Jen P
suggestions for school-haters What books do you suggest for students who say things like "I hate school" "There's no point in school?" "I don't like to read" "I don't ... Started by Katherine D'Souza	11	23 hours ago Reply by Gail Stearns-Hussein

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Emily Coates replied to Katie Rojeski's discussion 'Satire example?' in the group Teaching Texts

I also use articles from the Onion. I bring in 5 or 6 articles and each group is responsible to reading the article, discussing whether it is effective and/or funny. I then have students write brief satiric pieces.

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Emily Coates added a discussion to the group Teaching Texts

Huck Finn and Hero Journey

Hello! I recently began to teach Huck Finn to my 10th graders and I'm planning on using the Hero Journey for the first time. I am introducing it using Star Wars, but since I've never taught this before, does anyone have any ideas helping students ...

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Lynne Kelsey commented on Amy Ziegert's blog post 'Teaching the rhetorical triangle to middle school students'

I found both texts online, but you can't post a file to a blog! Jennifer, can you very briefly describe what you expect your students to discover? (Forgive my laziness; it's 5:39 a.m. here and my brain is consumed with Hamlet, which we begin today.)

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Looking for poems to complement multi-cultural literature

My students are doing literature circles with young adult multi-cultural books. The books all focus on the difficulties of different groups (Holocaust, Cuban men trying to get to America, Nepalese girl sold in to the sex trade, etc) so I'd like so...

51 minutes ago

Jennifer Sekella replied to Daniel Woods's discussion 'Student resistance in Adolescent Literature courses' in the group Adolescent Literature

Wow. I never have looked at YA authors as the same as "classic" stories like "The Sun Also Rises." I love YA literature and it's not less than classical lit - just different. It is still worth reading and honestly, how are we to engage most of our...

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The "However" category of 21rst century skills

There's a part of me that feels as if the discussion I raised the other day about how using technology in way that simply adds up to "digitalizing worksheets" devolved to a place where I feel I wasn't quite paying heed to the idea that I really d...

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Kimberly Hager replied to Kimberly Hager's discussion 'Good short stories for teaching theme' in the group Teaching Reading

Thanks for all the great suggestions -- I'd gladly take any more that are out there! We are starting our endeavour with theme today. I'll let you know how it goes! Our next endeavour will be symbolism. Any ideas on stories that work well for that ...

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Fran Dundore replied to David Beck's discussion 'Teaching "The Book Thief"' in the group Teaching Texts

David - I follow the reading of the book with a "Power of Words" research project that I will attach.

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Fran Dundore Does anyone remember who posted the (great) idea about weekly argument practice w/ prompts? I found it and lost it - HELP!

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Naitnaphit Limlamai replied to Naitnaphit Limlamai's discussion 'Literary Analysis Writing Rubrics' in the group Teaching Writing

Bing, I like the wording and the categories of your rubric. I grabbed several things from what you have to add it to what I'm making now. I split the supporting examples into a row for general content (with grading for the intro and conclusion par...

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Jonathan Siegal replied to Suzanne Rogers's discussion 'Use of Animoto.com' in the group Teaching with Technology

Those look like excellent examples. I just wish that the videos were of a higher quality through Animoto. I know you can purchase DVD credits to get rid of the pixelation, but I'd have a hard time showing that on a large screen. Has this been an i...

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Explore Academy replied to Explore Academy's discussion 'Looking good short memoir excerpts for 5th grade writing project' in the group Teaching Middle School ELA

One of my favorite books, but you are right, we could use parts -- The opportunity is amazing!

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Elisa Waingort replied to Carol Ann Scheese's discussion 'Neighborhood Book Clubs' in the group Book Group! What Are You Reading?

The Help has sparked a lot of discussions on a couple of online listservs I belong to. A great read...

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Steve Shann replied to Michael Umphrey's discussion 'Ethics of Authenticity, Chapter 1'

Thanks for kicking this off Michael. I find Taylor intriguing but somehow elusive. I have to read what he writes quite a few times before I begin to get a handle on where he’s going and what he’s saying. I’m not sure why this is. Something about ...

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Joseph Scotese replied to Gretchen's discussion 'Ballads' in the group Poetry Corner

When we do Anglo-Saxon ballads, I ask for volunteers the day before - give them a cd with music and lyrics and the next day we have Karaoke Ballads in the classroom. I want the kids to know that ballads such as Lord Randall were sung and not spoke...

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Suzanne Rogers replied to Suzanne Rogers's discussion 'Use of Animoto.com' in the group Teaching with Technology

Ron, Animoto makes it very easy. Just clck on add text. The number of characters makes you really evaluate which words to incorporate. (less than Twitter) The first line is shorter than the second.

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