Talking and Writing About Texts
Talking and Writing about Text Preparing to Talk LITERARY ILLUMINATIONS*: Locate a few special sections of the reading that the class should hear read aloud. The idea is to help…
More Careful Reading – Homework Idea
Reading - Homework I love to share ideas from others that I wish I'd thought of myself. Here's one from Joe Bellacero who writes: I know that, as an English…
WRITING – In-class Peer Feedback
Peer Feedback to Writing It is effective use of time to have student respond in class to the writing of their peers. Here's a structure that works well for a…
Language of Literature
Selecting and using just the right/write/wright approaches to teach students think more deeply and write more precisely about characters they read about, observe in real life, and create in their…