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816 members Latest Activity: 11 hours ago Share resources, solutions, questions, and concerns about teaching English using the variety of technological tools available.
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1157 members Latest Activity: 11 hours ago This group exists to share resources, strategies, and curriculum related to specific texts you must teach.

Adolescent Literature

424 members Latest Activity: 53 minutes ago A place to discuss Adolescent Literature. From teaching ideas to current readings
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276 members Latest Activity: 2 hours ago For those of you who love poetry, meet here to discuss the poems you're teaching and effective methods of instruction!

Teaching in Texas

35 members Latest Activity: Nov 6 TEKS, TAKS, ELPS, CCR, ARI, TMSFA, SBEC, TEA, UIL . . .They used to say Texas was like a "whole other country." Having come to Texas from another stat…
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Teaching Reading

471 members Latest Activity: 11 hours ago Share strategies, questions, resources for teaching middle and high school students how to read different types of text.
Free Tools For English Teachers

506 members Latest Activity: 4 hours ago 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…

Teaching Vocabulary

312 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago This group focuses on the what, why, how, and when of teaching vocabulary. Share strategies, resources, recommended readings. Ask questions or answer…
Using Blogs and Wikis in the English Classroom

479 members Latest Activity: 4 hours ago For English/Language Arts teachers who are using blogs and wikis in their teaching. Image credit: Image: 'Web 2.0 Workshop Sneak Preview: What is+RS…

Yearbook

70 members Latest Activity: Nov 4 Here's a place where those of us who advise or teach yearbook can go for advice, suggestions, or solace.
Graphic Novels and Comics

149 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago Share titles, strategies, lessons, and strategies for using comics and graphic novels in the English class.

NaNoWriMo

17 members Latest Activity: Nov 2 FORGET LESSONS!!! JUST WRITE! 50,000 words in 30 days. Have you written a novel yet? It's crazy, it's fun. (Okay, there are a few lessons.) J…
World Literature

73 members Latest Activity: Oct 31 Cannon works as well as contemporary and young adult with a variety of genres including fiction, non-fiction, memoir, drama, poetry and informational

College Freshman Composition

47 members Latest Activity: 11 hours ago We discuss issues involved with college writing courses in high school and college settings.
Teaching American Literature

135 members Latest Activity: 1 day ago For anyone teaching any aspect of American literature, anywhere. Multicultural, democratic.

Writing Prompts & Assignments

53 members Latest Activity: Nov 3 Here you will find writing prompts and assignments related to specific units, texts, or assignments to adapt or adopt.
ECN Book Club: Comprehension & Collaboration

137 members Latest Activity: Oct 8 Welcome to the EC Ning Book Club which will discuss Stephanie Harvey and Smokey Daniels' latest book "Comprehension and Collaboration." We are all ver…

Response to Intervention (RTI)

14 members Latest Activity: Nov 3 RTI is increasingly important at all grade levels. Sometimes it's hard to find resources and discussions about what it "looks like." This group comes…
AP Lit and Language

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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 ...

11 minutes ago

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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Tatyana Claytor added a discussion

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...

56 minutes ago

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 ...

1 hour ago

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.

1 hour ago

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

1 hour ago

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...

1 hour ago

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...

2 hours ago

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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