Teaching English Language Arts

The Courage To Blog With Students

October 28, 2011November 27, 2011 by admin

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In this article “The Courage To Blog With Students, “Marsha Ratze, describes the benefits she and her students experienced learning together.  It begins, "When I asked my students recently how blogging in class makes a difference to them, they had lots to say. Blogging has allowed them to meet students…

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Free Blogging Sites

October 28, 2011September 9, 2013 by admin

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BLOGGING SITES Free blogging sites recommended by Kesha L. Campbell in "New Technologies and the English Classroom" about her work with  Jefferson County High School in Fayette, Mississippi (August, 2011 edition of English Leadership Quarterly.)  "....free websites that can be used for blogging, like edublog.com, teacherlingo.com, and classchatter. com.”

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Making Comix Online

October 28, 2011September 9, 2013 by admin

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A Pre-writing Option Looking for a novel way to prepare students to write about literature or life?  This also can work with non-fiction articles How about having them create comics about the scene, chapter or incident or topic. See Bill Zimmerman’s Make Beliefs Comix! http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/  

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Monkey Bridge – Create Background Knowledge

October 28, 2011September 7, 2013 by admin

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Background Knowledge Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao is an autobiographical novel that I enjoyed teaching to high school students because it introduced them to life in Vietnam before, during,  and after the Vietnamese War when a twelve year old girl immigrates to the United States in 1975.  I found, however,…

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Teaching HAMLET, Again?

October 27, 2011April 3, 2014 by admin

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Hamlet - Perennial Text Hamlet? Yes, Again! In all five states in which I've taught, Hamlet has been on the required reading list for seniors. So, after teaching Hamlet for umpteen years, I continually have to remind myself that for most of my students this will be their first and…

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Collage on Common Book or Story – OVERVIEW

October 20, 2011September 20, 2013 by admin

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Reading Assessment Here's a  collage assignment based The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez that you can easily adapt for the book(s) you assign and/or teach. -A collage brings it all back together. Collage Assignment   Collage on Common Book or Story - See Chapter 1 in my book Teaching English Language Arts:…

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Using Art in ELA Classes to Assess Learning

October 20, 2011September 7, 2013 by admin

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Art as Assessment Tool Art and Common Core - Slides Presentation Analyze Art Work and Link to Literature    

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