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What is your favorite novel to teach?
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Thoughts on rubrics
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Have you read Pyongyang and The Burmese Chronicles (same author)?
They depict life in closed countries and are both simple and deep.
Could you send me a copy, too? I have been asked to develop a Twenty First Century Literacies Course for all English Ed. majors and graphic novels will be a major component.
Thanks.
Timothy
Amen, Tamara! Our students can all be writers with such a rich kaleidoscope of writing possibilities that it is foolish for any teacher to be content for them to only take baby steps for the rest of their lives and then eventually give up.
For our…
The problem is not with formats per se but in beating a dead horse with only one format as the gold standard of writing- The Five Paragraph Essay and requiring it every year almost to exclusion. That's what the problem is. I always offer the challen…
Tamara,
Bravo for fighting the 5 paragraph form in school!
As one who has taught elementary, middle, high school and now college writing, I can say that the 5PE has killed writing for so many of our students at all of these levels. Thankfully and i…
Thanks for sending this clip. Good stuff.
I decided to start using They Say/I Say with my college freshman and am looking forward to observing ways these templates help students think through the possible ways they can enter into an academic "conversation."
Other good resources to use: Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher and Write Beside Them by Penny Kittle.
It's SO important that your students have choice when writing and that you take the role of coach. More importantly, you need to writ…
What is WFTB and WFTF?
I use the ideas of storyboarding to help students visualize and organize their writing. I tie in this activity with the tasks both a filmmaker and a graphic artist use when constructing their stories. The students really relate to this visual way of…
Kudos, Kelly!
I am looking forward to meeting you in person in August at our university's Writing Institute. My students enjoy your book, Teaching Adolescent Writers and we eagerly await your next WRITING pedagogy book.
Thank you for your hard work…
As an instructor of college composition who was once a middle and high school English teacher, I continue to see the negative ramifications of schools teaching the 5- paragraph essay. It cripples good writers who think good writing is encompassed in…
A film structure I enjoy using (with the appropriate cohort) is an auteur study. I typically look at Tim Burton and his films and other possibilities include Alfred Hitchcock, Nora Ephron, Ridley Scott, Stephen Speilberg, Ron Howard. I find that alm…
This is absolutely my passion. So, to answer your questions:
1. ELA teachers should understand that to be truly effective, they will need to consume some of the media adolescents consume. I'm not saying it needs to be EXACTLY the same program/artif…
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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…
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.
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.
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