A Different Way to Read Great Literature! This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
Engagement motivates students to read and enables new learning to take place by:
Empowering teachers with effective strategies
Engaging students in purposeful social practices
( a list of strategy guides)
Mp3s of classics "classic stories for young people; a fine theatrical company plus a famous actor or actress playing the title role, and the music of the Hollywood Studio Orchestra providing the finest background possible."
The NCTE Definition of 21st-Century Literacies
Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee
Literacy has always been a collection of cultural and communicative practices shared among members of particular groups. As society and technology change, so does literacy.
The LF10 is a loose confederation of unknown middle school students in undisclosed locations in cyberspace looking to promote awareness of important literary terms through absurd stop-motion films.
Revision is a critical piece of the writing process—and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader’s Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way.