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Susan McLaughlin

Any resources for The Hunger Games, Unwind, The Adoration of Jenna Fox and The House of the Scorpion?

I am teaching a genre study on dystopia using The Hunger Games, Unwind, The Adoration of Jenna Fox and The House of the Scorpion. I have be…

Started by Susan McLaughlin

4 Dec. 31, 2009
Reply by Deon Youd
Bill Maniotis

Five years after READING AT RISK

Five years ago this past June, Dana Gioia and the National Endowment for the Arts came out with a landmark report about the state of litera…

Started by Bill Maniotis

0 Dec. 31, 2009
Beth Shewell

Theme (What the heck is it?)

I'm a second year teacher and teach 9th and 11th graders. One thing the students struggle with is identifying themes in literature. Does an…

Started by Beth Shewell

7 Dec. 30, 2009
Reply by Tasha Keeble
Lauren Porosoff

Plays to read in middle school?

My class reads A Raisin in the Sun. What plays does your middle school class read?

Started by Lauren Porosoff

6 Dec. 30, 2009
Reply by Lauren Porosoff
Hamilton Salsich

"MANGA" SHAKESPEARE FOR 9TH GRADERS ?

At the Globe Theater in London last year, I purchased several copies of Shakespeare plays done in the "manga" style of cartooning. The book…

Started by Hamilton Salsich

10 Dec. 30, 2009
Reply by Leslie Healey
Victoria Keech

Help!

I have tried about a dozen ways to add the EC Ning badge to my blog which is a wordpress blog. All it will allow me to badge is the title o…

Started by Victoria Keech

2 Dec. 30, 2009
Reply by Victoria Keech
Jenna R Waid

Young Adult Recommendation Needed!

So I have been given every teacher's dream - through grant money, I am able to order new novels for my introductory freshmen class. This is…

Started by Jenna R Waid

28 Dec. 30, 2009
Reply by Carol Good
Corbett Harrison

Our Revision Workshop was a Success!

I am so pleased with the new teacher inservice we hosted for K-12 teachers in Nevada in December. The topic was revision, and everyone in t…

Started by Corbett Harrison

3 Dec. 29, 2009
Reply by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl
Steve M

Writers with Distinct Style

We're doing a unit on voice. As we read The Catcher in the Rye, the class will be looking at how Salinger uses style and tone to create the…

Started by Steve M

11 Dec. 29, 2009
Reply by Connie Martin
Michael Umphrey

Childhood re-engineered

Common Sense Media offers its list of the 10 best and the 10 worst digital innovations that affect children. No doubt the environment of c…

Started by Michael Umphrey

2 Dec. 29, 2009
Reply by Maggie Dorsey

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Judith-- One opportunity is Teen Ink (http://www.teenink.com). This is a publication for teens only, ages 13-19, to submit and publish their work. The one draw back I found is that once accepted, Teen Ink keeps all rights to the work. This means ki…
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Bill, You have it wrong. I didn't say the theory has not had wide influence. I never said anything like that. I agree that it has had wide influence. What I said was I've never heard of teachers labeling themselves as constructivists or nonconstruct…
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Alan Sitomer added a blog post
The Ugly Truth is that my number one goal for my students right now has to be to raise their 2010 standardized test scores. I find it disturbing, off-base, heart-wrenching, and almost something shameful to admit. However, NCLB has my entire school'…
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Kathy added a discussion
I am in search of a novel set during the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era. It will be used in a 10th grade history class; most of the students are struggling readers. The teacher would like to stay away from the "big name classics." He wants something…
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Yay Doug! He was one of my teachers in pre-teaching grad school (itp.nyu.edu), and I'm a huge fan of his work. Thanks for posting this, Frank. I'm really excited to see what these guys have come up with this time.
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Judith Newman added a discussion to the group Teaching Writing
I am looking for opportunities for high school students to publish their writing. I am in VT. We are part of the NWP and can certainly offer that to our students. I know about the Mountain Review, but I would really appreciate other venues where stu…
23 minutes ago
Oh, a marvelous poem, Carol -- by one of my favorite poets. In graduate school far back in the 60's, I took a creative writing class from Bly at the University of Kansas, and have never forgotten it. Thanks for the connection.
29 minutes ago
I actually do have a plan (I also have a yearly book filled with objectives). I just can't say I have a detailed plan. I found it easier to plan for 90 minute block lessons than the 45 minutes we have at this school which makes me feel like I am in…
33 minutes ago
Oh I do! I just had a tutorial with a final year student, who thank me for introducing her to philosophy. It's just that the rest of it sucks up so much time.
1 hour ago
Andy, The fact that you have not heard of it doesn't mean the theory has not had a wide influence. Nearly every school of education in America now promotes "constructivist" ideas, and it is why many of our student teachers are not receiving some of…
2 hours ago
How about this for a poetic connection to your posting, Hamilton? Gratitude to Old Teachers by Robert Bly When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake, We place our feet where they have never been. We walk upon the unwalked. But we are uneasy.…
2 hours ago
I really think that PDFs kick SOOO much butt compared to .mobi Kindle Books or any other text with DRMs.
2 hours ago
... and xboxes can make lovely computers if you know how to hack them. But that's also illegal. ;) My husband has a bebook, which will read PDFs and some other formats... I don't know if it does text files or not.
3 hours ago
And yet many teachers would grade "gentle seductions" harshly and comment that they "take too long to get to the point" or "meander." It just goes to show the huge chasm that exists between persuasive essays taught in the "Cookie-Cutter School of Es…
3 hours ago
While it may be true that in reality there are not that many people reading student work on the Web (who but an English teacher could love a character analysis of Scout Finch??), I wonder if that really matters. I suspect it does matter. I think it…
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