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There are a multitude of free tools that are available for English Teachers. Some are online, others are downloadable. This group is a place for us to share these. I hope you'll find some useful links and ideas for your pupils and classrooms.

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Mark Smith commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Teaching the ten commandments'

Michael writes: Most often it's [constructivism in practice] not that extreme, but usually it tends to share in the general progressive antipathy to "mere" knowledge and hostility to the "sage on a stage" or any sage anywhere. This is mere caricat…

4 minutes ago

Dave commented on Carol Sanders's blog post 'They just don't get it!!'

It seems like a lot of kids don't care for details. Spelling, anyone? I have had the same problem especially with the transfer. You would think that after teaching students how to use parenthetical citation and then correcting their mistakes on thei…

4 minutes ago

Jeffrey Robert Nordgren replied to Laurie Jones's discussion 'Is comedy underrepresented in most AP lit courses?' in the group AP Lit and Language

I believe comedy is underrepresented. My students often complain about the depressing works we read (12 grade, but they also say that about previous English courses). We added Much Ado About Nothing a dozen years ago as something of a balance to Ham…

5 minutes ago

Julie Coiro replied to Pat Keefe's discussion 'Vocabulary Videos and Rubric' in the group Teaching Vocabulary

Hi Pat, I have never done these myself, but there are some great examples at VocabAhead Vocab Videos which also contains links to digital resources to help students create their videos. While most of the videos are done professionally, there is at l…

8 minutes ago

Julie Coiro replied to Pat Keefe's discussion 'Vocabulary Videos Rubric and Discussion'

12 minutes ago

Jennifer Hoefer replied to Jennifer Hoefer's discussion 'Rigor in AP Writing: What is appropriate and how do you get colleagues on board?'

Thanks for your reply -- it was very helpful. I think I understand what you are saying -- kids do try to craft a dazzling sentence, rather than one with insight. And something simple can be insightful. But my concern is really the thinking behind th…

20 minutes ago

Krystine replied to Laurie Jones's discussion 'Is comedy underrepresented in most AP lit courses?' in the group AP Lit and Language

I would say comedy is underrepresented. My students have nicknamed my class "AP Sex & Death" as we tend to go to the dark side. I do try to use some comedy in preparation for a Q3 comedy prompt. We do use A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Color Purple…

22 minutes ago

Margery Willis replied to Margery Willis's discussion 'National Board Certification'

Your "rambling" is fantastic. So much good advice. You know, I'm actually looking forward to writing now. I feel like I've got a handle on it. Thanks for all of your comments.

25 minutes ago

Dave replied to Kathy's discussion 'The Great Depression novels'

I really like "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse. It is short and I think very accessible for struggling students. It won the Newberry Medal. Not only did it help me understand what the big deal was about the duststorms of the time, I thought it told…

33 minutes ago

Carol Jago replied to Maja Wilson's discussion 'Making Audience Matter in the Writing Process'

And what about the fact that often writers don't know what their thesis is until they begin reflecting in writing about a subject or occurrence? Happens to me all the time.

40 minutes ago

Ryan Rish Inviting my pre-service teachers @OSU to join Bill Kist's ECN book club as part of our class, Laboratory Experiences in English Education.

55 minutes ago

Dave replied to Dave's discussion 'What do essential questions look like?'

Thank you so much everyone! I definitely have a better feel for how essential questions work. I've been able to brainstorm a few and included a few here. Feel free to tell me if I am way off base. What does it mean to be an “Outsider”? What makes…

55 minutes ago

Eileen Zygarlicke replied to Judith Newman's discussion 'Opportunites for student publication' in the group Teaching Writing

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…

1 hour ago

Andy Esquivel Jr. commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Teaching the ten commandments'

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…

1 hour ago

Alan Sitomer added a blog post

The Ugly Truth That's Black and White

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'…

1 hour ago

Kathy added a discussion

The Great Depression novels

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…

1 hour ago

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