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I’m starting a new novel with my students on Monday, and I like to give out a reading schedule for each book. Instead of a typical placeholder, I like to do two things with the bookmark. First, I print out a daily schedule of readings with the date and Read More...
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I continually hear from my fellow department members that kids today are not as intelligent as kids 10 years ago, and I admit that I have seen a distinct difference between the general students of today and a decade ago; however, I also see a marked contrast Read More...
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On the 1st I mentioned my concern about administrators in my district pushing non-fiction texts into Language Arts classrooms to an unwelcomed and unintended degree. This article by the two co-lead authors of the Common Core Standards affirms my assertions: Read More...
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Well, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are here, and my district (and a few department members) see it as the panacea for this generation of students. While I don’t have anywhere near that sort of faith in the new standards, I do like the professional Read More...
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We and our students are immersed in media today. Look at the numbers: 80% of children under six watch at least two hours of TV or other screen media a day. The average American is inundated with 11.8 hours of information a day. 57% of an American’s information Read More...
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With the focus of education reform seemingly centered primarily on STEM content areas, I am often confronted with the statements, “Why do we teach the classics?” or “Why do we need humanities taught in schools?” Of course, my instant reaction–being an Read More...
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I’ve been on vacation and upon returning I had a full inbox of questions about how to integrate multiple language arts elements into a single assignment. I thought I would use an example from my own curriculum to illustrate the idea of integration. One Read More...
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I posted a brief about the books I’ve been reading recently and thought I’d update my list with a couple additions. I finished Fragment by Warren Fahy and have to admit that the fast-paced action interrupted by some scientific theories captivated me, Read More...
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Normally, I only post about education issues or lessons I use in my classroom; however, I do like to do other things outside of school. I do have a sort of a life unconnected to students. I set a goal for myself this year to read at least 30 minutes each Read More...
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David Brooks of The NY Times reported how disadvantaged middle school students were given up to 12 books to take home and keep over the summer. And then a surprise met those involved in the study: Then the researchers, led by Richard Allington of the Read More...
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I just thought I’d throw out into cyberspace what I like to do when teaching Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 . First, we read Bradbury’s “The Pedestrian” and talk about Bradbury’s views. I begin the next few days by sharing a number of statistics about Read More...
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Over at the Seattle Times a blog post from Ed Cetera has sparked some conversation around the water cooler in our English Department. In the posting Ed Cetera wonders why people love J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, and then he mentions his love for Read More...
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If you teach The Chosen or Night or something like it, then you might want to check out how tefillin caused an airliner to land . Of course, the real story is ignorance and those who wield it. My students thought these people on the plane were ridiculous. Read More...
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I just finished planning for January, and I’m going to be teaching the following this month. American Literature : First, we’ll review the Edgar Allan Poe writings (“The Raven” and “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Tell Tale Heart”) as well as Nathaniel Read More...
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How much of this GraphJam.com chart matches how you feel about the literature taught in your school or read by your students? Check out GraphJam’s other fun charts! Posted in Reading Read More...
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