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Monkey Bridge – Critique a Critique

May 8, 2013December 13, 2019 by admin

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Reading and Writing a Literary Critique Use the Nine Yardsticks of Value Chart to show how you rate the autobiographical novel Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao. Also, carefully read the following critique and use the chart to indicate what you believe to be the values of the author, "Monkey Bridge,"…

Hands On – Creative Project – Media Photos

April 25, 2013December 17, 2013 by admin

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Viewing and Writing about Photos from Around the World Preliminary Activity: Direct students to a website similar to 24 Hours in Pictures . Let them explore the most recent photos, choose three of their favorites and write one sentence response/reaction to those three. They can copy and paste the…

Preparing to Present a Poem

April 1, 2013September 9, 2013 by admin

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Poetry - Prep to Recite Spend some time reading poetry and deciding which poem you like well enough to share with the class. (Please select a new poem; one not done for previous assignments or projects). Steps to Selection 1. Select a collection of poems (a collection by the same…

Inherit the Wind – Unit of Study

March 13, 2013September 9, 2013 by admin

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[caption id="attachment_4601" align="alignleft" width="300"] from http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B0dc_J4e1CE/T-jv2MyZlvI/AAAAAAAACnI/cBUq5ju97-c/s1600/inherit_wind.jpg[/caption] Literature Study: Inherit the Wind Propaganda, Persuasion and Play-writing Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee Adapted from McDougal Littell Conversation: Lessons of History Includes links to Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts Download Inherit the Wind Lessons Though based…

Literacy History Project

March 1, 2013September 9, 2013 by admin

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Literacy History Teri Le Sage designed this project to accompany her students' study of "A LONG WAY GONE: MEMOIRS OF A BOY SOLDIER, Ishmael Beah tells his experience as a child soldier from Sierra Leone", and Elie Wiesel's memoir NIGHT, about "a scholarly, pious teenager is wracked with guilt at…

Random Walk through a Book

February 4, 2013January 31, 2013 by admin

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Taking a Random Walk through the Book: An alternative way to introduce a new fiction on non-fiction reading *****Ask students to write on a piece of paper any ten numbers between the first and last page number of the book you are using. For example, 3,7, 27, 59, 78, 87,…

Customize Your Rubrics

January 28, 2013April 10, 2017 by admin

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Six Traits © Rubrics - Customized Here are samples of the Six Traits © Rubrics for Writing that has been customized to highlight specific requirements for specific assignments. When using the General Grading Guidelines for Writing, it's important to show students what is required to earn each letter grade.…

Shakespeare – Choral Reading and Mask Making

January 3, 2013March 13, 2014 by admin

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Shakespeare Out Loud and In Color! Looking for ideas to enhance your teaching Shakespeare plays like Romeo and Juliet in ways that appeal to the multiple intelligences? Looking for ideas that provide be formative and/or summative? Want to keep it fun while assuring yourself that students are getting an in depth…

Athletic and Arts Experiences – Tap for ELA Lessons

November 27, 2012September 20, 2013 by admin

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Extra-curriculars? Tap Them Do hope your school year is coming along well. So many educators find schedules disrupted by athletic games and artistic events that draw students' attention away from day to day class activities. Don't fight it. Roll with it. Invite students to write about their experiences in connection…

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