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Started this discussion. Last reply by Penny Kittle Nov. 16, 2009.
Teaching Students to Ask Good Questions
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This is my strategy for independent reading: we read for 10 minutes at a comfortable pace... I tell them to read and reread as needed to be sure they are following, making connections, using reading strategies, etc. Then take number of pages read in…
How can I assess a student's reading rate? How can I determine how long it will take a student to read something versus another student? I am new at having to focus on these strategies and now I need assistance. Help anyone?
Have a look at my Gr. 9 class blog, here: http://www.EricMacKnight.com/myp9a. My students' only homework is Independent Reading, and they journal each book on the blog. They also write responses to the lit we study together, and they comment on each…
Heather, I think you should go for it! For the past few years I have taught a writing class as an elective to 9th and 10th graders. We used the writer's workshop format, but we still needed some sort of input to generate the need and inspiration for…
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Changing English II to a Reading and Writing Workshop
I apologize that this blog may not be very organized.
Last year I taught all seniors with two Advanced Placement Literature and Composition. I switched to a different school, and now I am teaching four classes of sophomore English and one class of freshman English. After two years of primarily teaching with the skills necessary in Advanced Placement, I am now struggling with students who are not readers or writers. I read Kelly Gallagher's Readicide, and I started a Silent Sustained Readi… Continue
Last year I taught all seniors with two Advanced Placement Literature and Composition. I switched to a different school, and now I am teaching four classes of sophomore English and one class of freshman English. After two years of primarily teaching with the skills necessary in Advanced Placement, I am now struggling with students who are not readers or writers. I read Kelly Gallagher's Readicide, and I started a Silent Sustained Readi… Continue
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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…
Yay Doug! He was one of my teachers in pre-teaching grad school (itp.nyu.edu), and I'm a huge fan of his work. Thanks for posting this, Frank. I'm really excited to see what these guys have come up with this time.
I am looking for opportunities for high school students to publish their writing. I am in VT. We are part of the NWP and can certainly offer that to our students. I know about the Mountain Review, but I would really appreciate other venues where stu…
Oh, a marvelous poem, Carol -- by one of my favorite poets. In graduate school far back in the 60's, I took a creative writing class from Bly at the University of Kansas, and have never forgotten it. Thanks for the connection.
I actually do have a plan (I also have a yearly book filled with objectives). I just can't say I have a detailed plan. I found it easier to plan for 90 minute block lessons than the 45 minutes we have at this school which makes me feel like I am in…
Oh I do! I just had a tutorial with a final year student, who thank me for introducing her to philosophy. It's just that the rest of it sucks up so much time.
Andy,
The fact that you have not heard of it doesn't mean the theory has not had a wide influence. Nearly every school of education in America now promotes "constructivist" ideas, and it is why many of our student teachers are not receiving some of…
How about this for a poetic connection to your posting, Hamilton?
Gratitude to Old Teachers by Robert Bly
When we stride or stroll across the frozen lake,
We place our feet where they have never been.
We walk upon the unwalked. But we are uneasy.…
I really think that PDFs kick SOOO much butt compared to .mobi Kindle Books or any other text with DRMs.
... and xboxes can make lovely computers if you know how to hack them. But that's also illegal. ;)
My husband has a bebook, which will read PDFs and some other formats... I don't know if it does text files or not.
And yet many teachers would grade "gentle seductions" harshly and comment that they "take too long to get to the point" or "meander." It just goes to show the huge chasm that exists between persuasive essays taught in the "Cookie-Cutter School of Es…
While it may be true that in reality there are not that many people reading student work on the Web (who but an English teacher could love a character analysis of Scout Finch??), I wonder if that really matters.
I suspect it does matter. I think it…
"the thesis came too soon"
You are really onto something here, Maja. Why would an authentic audience read on if a writer gave away the point in the first sentence. Most writing, particularly persuasive writing, is a gentle seduction. Follow my thin…
I did an exercise in which my students had to write the same story four times, each time with a different point of view. You could tell which students understood the concept and which didn't pretty easily.
Thanks for this activity, it supplements m…
I do agree that most "great" works of literature tend to be more serious than funny. Even though it's about the bombing of Dresden, Slaughterhouse-Five is pretty funny at times. Catcher in the Rye is hilarious, as is Cuckoo's Nest and Huck Finn (our…
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