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Teaching Texts

This group exists to share resources, strategies, and curriculum related to specific texts you must teach.

Members: 1234
Latest Activity: 7 hours ago

Recommended Guidelines for Posting and Responding

The idea for this group (which came from Mark Childs) is rather straightforward: If you are or soon will be teaching a text (e.g., a novel, play, poem, or nonfiction) and want people to send you ideas for what to do, begin a discussion using the title of the text. Thus, if you were teaching Heart of Darkness and wanted the group to help you, simply start a new discussion and title it Heart of Darkness. We will know that means you are asking for ideas. Everyone else should pitch in with whatever great ideas, resources, or handouts they have for that book, posting them to the group, perhaps adding a brief comment about how you use it. If someone is using a particular textbook and wishes to start a discussion about that, please do so; that would mean you are asking people to share with the group their strategies for using a given textbook effectively.

Discussion Forum

Mariah

Animal Farm 1 Reply

Started by Mariah. Last reply by Mary Eva 7 hours ago.

Amy Lafty

Teaching Emily Dickinson....Help! 6 Replies

Started by Amy Lafty. Last reply by Kate Hoffman 9 hours ago.

Kate Hoffman

Bel Canto--never taught it--any ideas? 1 Reply

Started by Kate Hoffman. Last reply by Kate Hoffman 9 hours ago.

Jireh Tanabe

Teaching Julius Caesar to 10th graders 2 Replies

Started by Jireh Tanabe. Last reply by Suzanne Rogers 1 day ago.

Daniel Bruno

Forgotten Texts 2 Replies

Started by Daniel Bruno. Last reply by Freyja Bergthorson 1 day ago.

Beth Boles

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4 Replies

Started by Beth Boles. Last reply by Polly K 1 day ago.

Kristine Peterson

The House on Mango Street 2 Replies

Started by Kristine Peterson. Last reply by Kristine Peterson 1 day ago.

Fiona McDonald

Horror Genre Unit 1 Reply

Started by Fiona McDonald. Last reply by Sharanda Payseur 1 day ago.

Mary H

Stiff by Mary Roach--Non-fiction

Started by Mary H 1 day ago.

J Ryan

Fever 1793 - ideas? 3 Replies

Started by J Ryan. Last reply by Haley Harkema Nov 27.

Linda C. Heile

The HIstory of Love 4 Replies

Started by Linda C. Heile. Last reply by Linda C. Heile Nov 26.

Holly Winget

Their Eyes Were Watching God 1 Reply

Started by Holly Winget. Last reply by Paul W. Hankins Nov 25.

Court Allam

Canterbury Tales Assessment ideas? 2 Replies

Started by Court Allam. Last reply by Marissa Bulger Nov 25.

Neelam Damani

"Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson 38 Replies

Started by Neelam Damani. Last reply by tgraff11 Nov 25.

Lorraine Kellner

Grendel by John Gardner 6 Replies

Started by Lorraine Kellner. Last reply by Joseph Scotese Nov 25.

Joy Evans

Monster by Walter Dean Myers 14 Replies

Started by Joy Evans. Last reply by katherine martinez castillo Nov 25.

Shanee Garner

Ideas for unit on American Romanitics.

Started by Shanee Garner Nov 25.

ashley shaffer

Transcendentalism Unit Ideas 19 Replies

Started by ashley shaffer. Last reply by Lisa Park Nov 25.

Katie Rojeski

teaching "tone" 7 Replies

Started by Katie Rojeski. Last reply by Margie-Margaret Nov 24.

Victor Canales

Catcher in the Rye 45 Replies

Started by Victor Canales. Last reply by Cathy P Nov 24.

 

Members (1234)

Sharanda Payseur Carla Beard Dana Huff Hattie DeRaps Joseph Scotese Jasmine Tyler Paul James O'Brien Csanders Lisa Park Gary Anderson Teresa Pat Keefe Anne Williams Jim Burke Denee Tyler Valerie A. Person Julie Bowerman ashley shaffer Paul W. Hankins Stacey Kerr Lynne Kelsey Rita Chapman Erin Breaux David Beck Mark Childs Ron Shapiro Chris Persson Clix Polly K Jaime in CT
 
 

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