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Dress Code - Does it matter as much as we think?
I think it would be useful to let your students perhaps go more in depth with the modesty side of the debate since that seems to be the main issue. Reading articles about situations mentioned in prev…
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Looking for poems to complement multi-cultural literature
I love it! This is perfect--thank you!
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Looking for poems to complement multi-cultural literature
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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 gi…
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Thanks! These are some great ideas!
You might want to look at why the novels were written. What was society like at the time of the novel writing? What were the authors responding to in their own society?
Comparisons:
- lack of relationships with other people encouraged or dictated b…
My PreAP students had to read Fahrenheit 451 on their own as part of their summer reading and then will be reading 1984 as a class. Do you have any suggestions for linking the two novels (besides the obvious dystopian genre) or great ideas for assig…
Thanks! I will check them out!
There are some good resources in this ReadWriteThink lesson on propaganda. I did a campaign ads project with my 6th grade students last year. Students analyzed political ads and then created their own. We had good results with VoiceThread. I could a…
To introduce my students to persuasion, I want to have them create propaganda commercials linking it to the novel Hunger Games. I've had students create commercials themselves with varying successes. I'd really like to hear some suggestions for both…
I've used Jim Burke's Interactive notes handout to reflect before, during and after reading a section. I divided the book into four sections. The before section is where we do predictions (as well as informally in class). I'll upload the interactive…
I've also had students make a lot of predictions. I've used this pretty informally in class, but I could see this as a more formalized process. There are lots of predictions to be made and they have such surprise when they are right and when they're…
No problem! I will upload other material as I finish it. Feel free to use anything you want.
After the class cornucopia, I used the following handout to discuss certain symbols I located.
This is great stuff here! I am beginning Hunger Games with my sophomores after Thanksgiving and didn't have a clear vision of the activities that I wanted to use. Thanks to all of you for your generous links. I can't wait to start the unit.
I've used the Rocketbook video summaries to help students who need to get the big picture.
Very cool-- I never thought to look up the name of the country! The kids will love it! I love your cornucopia idea, too. I think I'm going to ask that they brainstorm items that they'd want to see in the cornucopia if they were competing-- What weap…
Here's what I'm doing with the class cornucopia though I know it's different from the way you were imagining using it.
Also, I found out something exciting yesterday. The word panem comes from a phrase panem et circuses which literally mean bread a…
You have been very helpful! I love the anticipation guide and I like how you are connecting items of the novel to their own lives with the accolade necklace. I realized that I'm doing a lot to interact with the novel, but need to make it more person…
Cool, thanks! I didn't have funds for Catching Fire, either, but I listed it as a need on donors choose (www.donorschoose.org) and had the project funded in 24 hrs. I'm not sure that we're going to read the book as a class, but at least they'll get…
I am teaching this to 9th graders. So far they are loving it and beg to read every day! I am going to encourage them to read Catching Fire, but we don't have the funds to purchase a class set since we got Hunger Games on the spur of the moment also.…
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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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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”?
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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…
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…
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'…
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.
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