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10 Nov 09

60 Second Recap

Forget the fact that students may use this for nefarious purposes, I like the idea of this as an assignment.

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05 Oct 09

Off the Page - Off the Page: a historical collection of live poetry recordings

If you are looking for some contemporary poets, here are many with audio versions of their work.

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25 Aug 09

Three-Minute Fiction : NPR

How great is this for lessons in brevity and essential elements of storytelling. And it's just plain fun too.

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15 Jul 09

30 Ideas for Teaching Writing - National Writing Project

Outstanding ideas for Langauge arts teachers

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  • Erin (Pirnot) Ciccone, teacher-consultant with the Pennsylvania
    Writing and Literature Project    ,
    found a way to make more productive the "Monday morning gab fest"
    she used as a warm-up with her fifth grade students. She conceived of "Headline
    News." As students entered the classroom on Monday mornings, they wrote
    personal headlines about their weekends and posted them on the bulletin board.
    A headline might read "Fifth-Grader Stranded at Movie Theatre" or
    "Girl Takes on Responsibility as Mother's Helper."
    • This is a fantastic idea. Why not use what they did on the weekends to promote writing that matters to them. The headline styles would also lead to some comical responses, especially as you rise in grade leve. - on 2009-07-15
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27 Jun 09

NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing

More fodder for writing as embodying many different forms.

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  • Often, in school, students write only to prove that they did something they were asked to do, in order to get credit for it. Or, students are taught a single type of writing and are led to believe this type will suffice in all situations. Writers outside of school have many different purposes beyond demonstrating accountability, and they practice myriad types and genres. In order to make sure students are learning how writing differs when the purpose and the audience differ, it is important that teachers create opportunities for students to be in different kinds of writing situations, where the relationships and agendas are varied. Even within academic settings, the characteristics of good writing vary among disciplines; what counts as a successful lab report, for example, differs from a successful history paper, essay exam, or literary interpretation.
    • This is such a loaded statement--in a great way. I feel that our teachers are scared away from teaching any type of writing that is not academic or testable. Likewise, I feel our students are often robbed of original voice because they are not allowed the freedom to explore other media, or the opportunity to see other forms of writing as legitimate. - on 2009-06-27
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19 Jun 09

Students' summer reading reports go online in real time : Local News : Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • "Summer reading had gotten really dead," said Caroline Goodman, AP English teacher and outgoing president of the Memphis Shelby Council of Teachers of English. "We as teachers weren't really excited about it anymore, and the students weren't either."
26 May 09

a_armstrong shared http://armstrong-history.wikispaces.com/I+Am+Project

Interesting concept here by Anthony Armstrong. Could we do this from an English perspective?

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