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There’s a fair amount of research, which I describe in some of my books, which shows that leaving lots of teacher comments on student papers is pretty much a waste of time — many, if not most, students don’t pay … Continue reading → Read More...
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I’m adding this infographic to The Best Digital (& Non-Digital) Storytelling Resources: Source: the-cma.com via Larry on Pinterest Read More...
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Geography is one of the classes I teach to Beginning and Intermediate English Language Learners, and we’re just finishing up our unit on Africa (see A Beginning List Of The Best Geography Sites For Learning About Africa). We’re studying the … Continue Read More...
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buncee lets you easily create simple multimedia creations — almost like an extended virtual postcard. You can grab media off the web and add text. Here’s a video about it: I’m adding it to The Best Places Where Students Can … Continue reading → Read More...
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Photo Credit: Oliver Hammond via Compfight I’ve previously posted about a simple writing exercise that was shown to particularly help African American students increase their academic achievement (see Useful Writing Exercise For Helping Students Develop Read More...
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I’ve written about the value of “mimic writing” in some of my books, and today read a post by Daniel Coyle that put the value of mimicry much more succinctly and and accurately than I have ever described it. But … Continue reading → Read More...
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The University of California requires incoming freshmen and women to take the Analytical Writing Placement Exam to determine their English placement. We use their model a lot in our high school English classes — both during our regular classes and … Continue Read More...
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Draft is a new free collaborative word processor that looks pretty useful. You can read a lengthy post about it at TechCrunch. I’m adding it to The Best Online Tools For Collaboration — NOT In Real Time which, by the … Continue reading → Read More...
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I’ve often written in this blog (and in my books) about one of my favorite lessons — ESL students compare our school’s neighborhood with the most wealthy one in Sacramento, and write a persuasive essay about which one they like … Continue reading → Read More...
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My colleagues and I help our students learn about the importance of a “growth mindset” during the year (see The Best Resources On Helping Our Students Develop A “Growth Mindset”). My colleague Katie Hull and I are going to use … Continue reading → Read More...
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A few months ago I published The Best Ways For Advanced ELL’s & Non-ELL’s To Create Online Content Easily & Quickly — REVISED, and, based on various District content filter-related issues, am making some changes to it. Even though I … Continue reading Read More...
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Stanford’s Understanding Language has produced a free five-lesson unit plan for English Language Learners on persuasive writing called Persuasion Across Time and Space: Analyzing and Producing Persuasive Texts. I only quickly reviewed it, and it seems Read More...
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Copyblogger has published a post highlighting what they suggest are The 5 Most Persuasive Words in the English Language. The piece contains a lot of useful research, so it’s definitely worth reading. Here are the five words they listed: You … Continue Read More...
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I’m adding this to So, You Want To Write A Book? Here’s The Best Advice…: Source: changemakrs.com via Larry on Pinterest Read More...
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I’m publishing a multi-part series on writing over at my Education Week Teacher blog, and thought it might be useful to publish a compilation of all my writing related “The Best…” lists. Here they are: The Best Websites For K-12 … Continue reading → Read More...
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