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Teaching Texts

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

Members: 1253
Latest Activity: 3 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

Cammy Torgenrud

Strong female characters for sophomores 8 Replies

Started by Cammy Torgenrud. Last reply by Sarah Ann Wheeler 3 hours ago.

Sharanda Payseur

Anthem by Ayn Rand 9 Replies

Started by Sharanda Payseur. Last reply by Allan Briggs 6 hours ago.

Carrie

Getting Started with Of Mice and Men 23 Replies

Started by Carrie. Last reply by Holly Winget 6 hours ago.

Tatyana Claytor

Comparing Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 1 Reply

Started by Tatyana Claytor. Last reply by Janet Foance 11 hours ago.

Renee Fledderman

Raisin in the Sun - Never taught before 1 Reply

Started by Renee Fledderman. Last reply by Csanders 15 hours ago.

Lisa Park

Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism 43 Replies

Started by Lisa Park. Last reply by Lisa Park 1 day ago.

Kathy Thomas

The Odyssey (for struggling readers) 19 Replies

Started by Kathy Thomas. Last reply by Paul W. Hankins 1 day ago.

JLCouch

HELP! I need an alternate book... 4 Replies

Started by JLCouch. Last reply by Kate Hoffman 1 day ago.

Court Allam

Canterbury Tales Assessment ideas? 4 Replies

Started by Court Allam. Last reply by Liza Sejkora 1 day ago.

Amber Castle

Speak 3 Replies

Started by Amber Castle. Last reply by Sharanda Payseur 1 day ago.

Stacey Kerr

The Chocolate War

Started by Stacey Kerr 1 day ago.

Daniel Bruno

Forgotten Texts 3 Replies

Started by Daniel Bruno. Last reply by Daniel Bruno Dec 1.

Sheila T

The Road by Cormac McCarthy 4 Replies

Started by Sheila T. Last reply by Emily Finerfrock Nov 30.

Jeanne Gamble

Companion poems for novels 46 Replies

Started by Jeanne Gamble. Last reply by Jenny Gellhorn Nov 30.

Amy Kremer

Novels of China 22 Replies

Started by Amy Kremer. Last reply by Amy Kremer Nov 30.

Mariah

Animal Farm 3 Replies

Started by Mariah. Last reply by Elisabeth Raab Nov 30.

Carol Ann Scheese

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss 6 Replies

Started by Carol Ann Scheese. Last reply by Sarah Wyeth Nov 29.

Joy Evans

Push by Sapphire 7 Replies

Started by Joy Evans. Last reply by Joy Evans Nov 29.

Kim Fisher

To Kill A Mockingbird 41 Replies

Started by Kim Fisher. Last reply by Sheri Lee Bordas Nov 29.

Mallory Whitney

The Giver 2 Replies

Started by Mallory Whitney. Last reply by Mallory Whitney Nov 29.

 

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Lauren B. replied to Jen Gruca's discussion 'Play about social justice, humanity, or activism'
We do Master Harold and the boys with our freshman and they love it. I doubt you could do it with sixth graders, but I think eighth graders would totally get it.
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Giannina Ferraro replied to Shelbie Witte's discussion 'Conceptual Unit Plans' in the group FSU English Education
Symbols: Life without Words: Cultural Awareness and Self-Identity through the Evolution of Tattoos Dear heavens, I hope this works. It took me 2 hours to get it to work on C&W!!!!
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Rahma replied to Neil Winton (Mr W)'s discussion 'Wordle' in the group Free Tools For English Teachers
This looked like so much fun I couldn't wait to try it out. I pasted the first chapter of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer into Wordle because I am participating in the The Big Read project in our town using this book.
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Taneshia Jones replied to Shelbie Witte's discussion 'Conceptual Unit Plans' in the group FSU English Education
I am so happy!!!! I'm DONE!!!!
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Karen Oppenheim replied to Karen Oppenheim's discussion 'English essay projects' in the group Project Based Learning (PBL)
I'd love a chance to look at that pdf. Thanks so much for offering. And I'll let you know what I do with it. Right now, I'm open to any ideas that I can use in class -- or just as a springboard. Thanks!! -ko
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Anna Harman replied to Shelbie Witte's discussion 'Conceptual Unit Plans' in the group FSU English Education
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Marah.. replied to Shelbie Witte's discussion 'Conceptual Unit Plans' in the group FSU English Education
Generation Lost? Exploring the 1920's through the eyes of the Lost Generation.
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Marah.. a slight sigh of relief...
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Michael Umphrey commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Tiger Woods, Hemingway, and "real men."'
This thread raises those old--but maybe still interesting--questions about the relationship between the author and the text. I tend toward the New Criticism view that it's most important to pay attention to the text itself, without being too distr...
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Rob Hammond commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Tiger Woods, Hemingway, and "real men."'
Keith, I have to agree with you. I was turned on to reading by Hemingway's work. I was given "Islands in the Stream" as a punishment while serving ISS as a senior in high school. What a punishment! I fell in love with Hemingway's work - not the ma...
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Dan Tricarico There's a cool new poem on LITSNACK. www.litsnack.weebly.com
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Jessica Lauren Trehy replied to Shelbie Witte's discussion 'Conceptual Unit Plans' in the group FSU English Education
The Nature of Prejudice
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Sarah Ann Wheeler replied to Cammy Torgenrud's discussion 'Strong female characters for sophomores' in the group Teaching Texts
I second, third, and fourth Persepolis...contemporary, accessible, complex, wonderful. For a sci-fi/fantasy edge, what about The Golden Compass? The Dark Materials Trilogy is really compelling, and far more well-written than one might suppose from...
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Michael Umphrey commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Tiger Woods, Hemingway, and "real men."'
I like Hemingway's writing. It's sort of a marvel and was hugely influential on me for a long while--in terms of style, and thinking about focus and what needs to be said and what doesn't need to be said. His code, too, was okay as far as it went...
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Keith Schoch commented on Bill Maniotis's blog post 'Tiger Woods, Hemingway, and "real men."'
Bill, aren't you a little worried that by discussing Hemingway "the man" before reading his work that you're setting up some students to dislike the man immensely, and by extension, his work? I'd also be concerned that students might "read too mu...
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