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Sensitivity to Holidays

July 5, 2019April 29, 2020 by admin

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Writing About the Holidays The holiday season, for many, extends from November through February. Families will be celebrating Diwali, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year at various times during these months. Writing about holidays is a wonderful way to share cultures in words, pictures, and music. Yes, holidays also…

AUTHOR PROJECT: Reading and Research

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by admin

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Writing about Literary Favorites After introducing students to the Nine Yardsticks of Value, a good way to determine how well they understand the concepts and can apply them to an independent project, is to assign this author project. Each year, I'd choose to read one of the Nobel Laureates who…

Ignite Writing by Patterning

April 4, 2019April 29, 2020 by admin

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“There’s nothing new under the sun!” True, but students can be inspired by the old to do something new for themselves. Sounds weird, but that’s exactly what can occur when we invite students to pattern the writing they read. Students soon learn that close reading, analysis and imitation unleash bursts…

Picture Books in Middle and High School

January 24, 2019July 31, 2019 by admin

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Picture Books for Older Students Plan now to avoid SPRING SLUMP. In many schools, May is the winding down month of the school year. Depending on where you are in the country, you may be assigning your final big project for which your students will demonstrate the breadth and depth…

COLORS, ARRANGEMENT AND STORIES

January 22, 2019February 12, 2019 by admin

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Critical Thinking in Colors and Shapes Colors and arrangements can be used evoke different moods, different personalities, and different feelings. Spend at least five minutes looking closely at this painting, Nine Colors by Ellsworth Kelly. 1. What do you notice about the colors and arrangement of these circles on a…

To Convince or Persuade in Argumentative Writing and Speaking

January 19, 2019April 29, 2020 by admin

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Understanding how to write and speak convincingly is a skill required for success in all walks of life and those who can persuade others and maintain their integrity become valued members of society. Here is an assignment with step by step explanations to help students understand how to structure, develop,…

Writing to Learn in Content Areas

January 15, 2019February 11, 2019 by admin

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WRITING TO LEARN Across Content Areas Now that more schools are considering ways to teach and utilize literacy tools to enhance instruction and increase learning across the content areas, many English Language Arts educators are being viewed as the repository for such strategies. Remember, while schools are implementing the Common…

National African American Read-In

December 7, 2018January 14, 2020 by admin

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Reading Together Anywhere My book was recommended for the The National African American Read-In Sponsored by the Black Caucus of NCTE and NCTE In February 2020, you may hold an African American Read-In event any day of the month February 1-Friday, February 28, 2020 Schools, churches, libraries, bookstores, community and…

Advertisement Analysis Assignment

October 28, 2018April 29, 2020 by admin

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Persuasion - Advertisements One way to introduce students to the power of persuasion and to show them evidence of logical fallacies is to have them analyze advertisements in print and digital media. You can have students write and post their analysis or present their findings in a speech using visual…

Patterns for Thoughtful Conversations

September 15, 2018September 28, 2018 by admin

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Sentence Stems Stimulate Thinking, Talking and Writing Now is a good time to begin modeling ways to increase the classroom participation among your students. These sentence starters prepare them to have more thoughtful conversations and to write more insightful compositions using the language we expect to see in their writing. …

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