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  • Department Chairs

    Department Chairs

    156 members Latest Activity: Jan 3 A place for English department leaders and administrators to gather to discuss department leadership and mentoring teachers.

  • Literature Circles

    Literature Circles

    269 members Latest Activity: Jan 2 A group for teachers who are using Literature Circles in their English/Language Arts classes.Image credit: Image: 'Avenue of trees' www.flickr.com/ph…

  • Politics and Censorship

    Politics and Censorship

    22 members Latest Activity: Dec. 29, 2009 Pose questions and concerns about political and censorship issues related to teaching English.

  • Personal and Professional Balance

    Personal and Professional Balance

    110 members Latest Activity: Jan 4 Share resources and strategies for maintaining a healthy balance between your personal and professional lives.

  • Teaching Dramatic Texts

    Teaching Dramatic Texts

    86 members Latest Activity: Dec. 2, 2009 Here people can post questions about and discuss how to teach dramatic texts, including Shakespeare.

  • Public Speaking and Presenting

    Public Speaking and Presenting

    57 members Latest Activity: 19 hours ago This group shares strategies, assignment, tools, and techniques related to public speaking and making presentations.

  • Elementary Teachers

    Elementary Teachers

    145 members Latest Activity: Dec. 27, 2009 This group is intended for elementary teachers to discuss literacy issues that are specific to the elementary classroom.

  • English Educator 1

    English Educator 1

    54 members Latest Activity: Dec. 25, 2009 A forum for English language arts teachers and college faculty who prepare English teachers to share ideas, issues, and concerns about how to support…

  • Literacy Coaches

    Literacy Coaches

    78 members Latest Activity: 12 hours ago Literacy coaches can meet here to ask questions, share resources, make recommendations, and help each other.

  • Early Literacy and Beginning Reading

    Early Literacy and Beginning Reading

    20 members Latest Activity: Oct. 12, 2009 Resources and discussions specific to this topic.

  • Native American Literature

    Native American Literature

    48 members Latest Activity: Jan 1 This group is dedicated to the study of and sharing of materials and resources related to teaching Native American Literature.

  • Reading Strategies

    Reading Strategies

    276 members Latest Activity: Jan 4 A place to share specific reading strategies, or questions related to teaching reading strategies.

  • Studies, Research, and Reports

    Studies, Research, and Reports

    25 members Latest Activity: Dec. 29, 2009 Post information about or links to the latest or most important studies, reports, or research related to teaching ELA.

  • Media Showcase

    Media Showcase

    35 members Latest Activity: Dec. 29, 2009 A place to post exemplary films, multimedia presentations, podcasts, or other media products.

  • African American Novels

    African American Novels

    32 members Latest Activity: Nov. 30, 2009 A place to share thoughts novels that teach the African American experience.

  • Blog Roll

    Blog Roll

    85 members Latest Activity: 23 hours ago English Companion members who maintain their own blogs list their URLs and offer a description of what they blog about.

  • National Writing Project

    National Writing Project

    136 members Latest Activity: Jan 2 A place for Writing Project people to share info about sites, upcoming events, available resources, or new directions.

  • Publishing Student Work

    Publishing Student Work

    44 members Latest Activity: Jan 1 Tips, techniques, resources, and more for helping and having kids publish their work.

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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…
9 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…
9 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…
10 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…
13 minutes ago
Julie Coiro replied to Pat Keefe's discussion 'Vocabulary Videos Rubric and Discussion'
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…
17 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…
25 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…
27 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.
30 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…
38 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.
45 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.
1 hour 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…
1 hour 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 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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