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Women’s History Month – Research and Poetry

February 28, 2021March 1, 2021 by admin

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In the United States, March is Women's History Month. 2021 National Women's History Month Theme and Honorees: "Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to Be Silenced" 2021 Honorees Here's a link https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/ Click the link for resources to plan lessons to complement those suggested below. What an opportune time to feature…

Sweethearts of Zion’s Hill – Two Versions

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by admin

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Connect Literature and Current Events

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 by admin

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Most of us are required to teach both fiction and non-fiction reading and writing. One assignment that pulls to the two kinds of reading and writing together is based on what could attract attention, reaction, and/or response from literary characters. The strength of this assignment is the student choice within…

Appreciating Shakespeare

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 by admin

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What a delight to introduce you to Doctor Gideon Rappaport, another retired educator who keeps sharing his insight and knowledge with those currently teaching. Doctor Rap, as his students call him, is a former English Department colleague from a school in Southern California. Dr. Rappaport is a Shakespeare scholar, the…

Vocabulary Words for Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 by admin

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My friend and respected colleague, Bill Younglove, an Anne Frank scholar, offers these ideas for incorporating more intentional vocabulary study in your lessons as you explore with your students, this canonical memoir. (based upon Trans. B. M. Mooyaart- Doubleday. NY: Doubleday, 1952/the 1947 Dutch Contact Publisher Otto Frank- compiled “c”…

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November 16, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

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Experience Poems and Pictures w/Four Languages!

November 9, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

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Poems and Pictures to inspire writing and create more art. EXPERIENCE POEMS AND PICTURES combines original poetry, pictures of artwork by diverse teens and adults from the United States and Sri Lanka, with prompts for viewing and writing about artwork and exploring poetry to create new art. The poems, written…

Writing One Act Plays

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 by admin

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Following workshops presented by the then, California Playwrights Project, I adapted what I'd learned into this set of notes used for writing one act plays based literature students already have read. I first used ideas as the culminating activity for a unit on mythology and adapted the assignments another time…

October Celebrations

September 20, 2020September 15, 2020 by admin

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More than HALLOWEEN Learning about and celebrating the cultures of others is a wonderful reason to write. And, October is a great time to start. For many, October is a time for Harvest Festivals, an ancient celebration revived in many church and community groups as an alternative to Halloween; or…

Hispanic Heritage Month – Day TWO – Challenge to Write

September 20, 2020May 19, 2020 by admin

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Day Two: Honor a Leader (Honrar a un Líder) Hispanic Heritage month, September 15 -- October 15 is a time of year to pause and reflect on the rich history, heritage, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino (LatinX) Americans to the United States. The goal this week is to expand…

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