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Writing Pantoum Poem: A Farewell to Manzanar

October 29, 2011December 3, 2011 by admin

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Taken from "Versing Life Together", Chapter Eight my book Teaching Middle School English Language Arts: Incorporating 21st Century Technologies about writing pantoum poems. One pattern that yields successful poems in middle school is a version of the less-familiar pantoum, a poem consisting of eight non-rhyming lines each are used twice.…

Stratagies for Kicking Off the School Year

October 28, 2011September 9, 2013 by admin

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Teachers in Learning Communities Opening Day - Links to a thread of conversations among teachers discussing and describing ideas to engage students actively on the first day of the school . See which ones you can adapt to help you learn more about your students and begin creating learning communities vital for…

Reviews on Teaching Middle School Language Arts (2010)

March 23, 2010October 30, 2013 by admin

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In her latest book, Anna J. Roseboro has provided middle school English language arts teachers with a guide to the curriculum that everyone can use. Novice teachers will find the text easy to understand and adapt, and veteran teachers will be reminded of what they might need to add to…

Independent/Private vs. Public Schools

March 13, 2009October 30, 2013 by admin

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In this presentation for the affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English at Michigan State University, I discussed the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of teaching in an independent/private school vs. in a public school. Download a PDF of the PowerPoint file, below. --Anna Download: Private/Independent vs. Public Schools

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