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Does homework work? - David Shenk - 0 views

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Common Core State Standards in English spark war over words - The Washington Post - 4 views

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Children's Poetry Archive - 88 views

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Into the Book - 123 views

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Your Favorite: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels - 92 views

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Author Responds to Student Begging for Summary of Required Read
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I love that teachers and writers admit to not reading books that were assigned. I wouldn't have read "The Scarlet Letter" either if I wasn't the one who had to assign it.
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Guessing Game: ‘The Lord of the Rings’ as Written by Other Famous Authors - Flavorwire
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Some writers have distinct stylistic fingerprints. Student writers, not so much.
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"Frodo Baggins looked at the ring. The ring was round. It was a good ring. The hole at the heart of the ring was also round. The hole was clean and pure. ... The earth moved."
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Kids Hate Classic Books Through Hilarious Tweets at #worstbookever « PWxyz
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The old man and the sea, #worstbookever uuuggghhhh
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heart of darkness please die #worstbookever#whatsisgoingon?
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thank god for sparknotes #readingthecrucible#worstbookever
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endless editing. Anyone who writes a lot understands this
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Rewordify.com | Understand what you read - 22 views

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Inversions - Practical Theory - 1 views

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Then, class, rather than being a time when all kids sat and received the instruction, could be the time when they reinforce skills by doing problem sets, worked on real-world application projects, collaborated with teachers to reinforce concepts, etc... in some ways, it's an inversion of what we traditionally think of as a math class.
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If we use technology to invert that idea, so that kids could watch the teacher's demonstration of the skills and concepts at home (and with the ability to rewind when necessary,) we could allow kids the opportunity to apply and practice their knowledge in the space where they can get help, collaborate, etc... doesn't that make more sense? (Interestingly, I was trying to imagine what that would look like in an English classroom, and I realized that is, in many respects, similar to what we do already when we ask kids to read the book at home, and then come in and interact with the community to uncover the deeper aspects of the text. Hm.)
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Tony Baldasaro on 15 Sep 09

I'm about 80% of the way through Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn. (Yeah, I know... I'm the last one to read it.) There's a lot that's very interesting about the book, and while we should critically examine the book, it is still a fascinating read. If nothing else, it is continuing to make me think about how much more could happen in our classrooms if we created more opportunities for students to learn basic skills and content outside of class, rather than inside class. I've been thinking a lot about math class. How many students would learn math more efficiently if they could watch math videos, narrated by a teacher with problems done "on the board" as they watched with multiple examples of concepts (think geometry here, as an example) that speak to different learning modalities.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm about 80% of the way through Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn. (Yeah, I know... I'm the last one to read it.) There's a lot that's very interesting about the book, and while we should critically examine the book, it is still a fascinating read. If nothing else, it is continuing to make me think about how much more could happen in our classrooms if we created more opportunities for students to learn basic skills and content outside of class, rather than inside class. I've been thinking a lot about math class. How many students would learn math more efficiently if they could watch math videos, narrated by a teacher with problems done "on the board" as they watched with multiple examples of concepts (think geometry here, as an example) that speak to different learning modalities.</div>

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The English Teacher's Companion - 0 views

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New blog from Jim Burke, author of many books, englishcompanion.com, englishcompanion.ning.com

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">New blog from Jim Burke, author of many books, englishcompanion.com, englishcompanion.ning.com</div>

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anonymous on 14 Feb 09

"Please turn on your textbooks and upload your homework..." In five years (three? two?!) I will not ask my high school students to open the 6.5 pound textbooks that currently sit on the floor under the desks. Nor will I bemoan their reluctance to look up words or mark up the text as they read. I will not wonder how to meet the needs of the 35% of my class who have learning disorders, most of which are language processing disorders of one form or another. Instead, I will ask them to get out their digital textbooks (what will we call them: DBooks? DBs? ETexts? Readers?) and "read the assigned story." Here is what will be different:

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Please turn on your textbooks and upload your homework..." In five years (three? two?!) I will not ask my high school students to open the 6.5 pound textbooks that currently sit on the floor under the desks. Nor will I bemoan their reluctance to look up words or mark up the text as they read. I will not wonder how to meet the needs of the 35% of my class who have learning disorders, most of which are language processing disorders of one form or another. Instead, I will ask them to get out their digital textbooks (what will we call them: DBooks? DBs? ETexts? Readers?) and "read the assigned story." Here is what will be different:</div>

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Speed reading pacer - 71 views

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Direct Object Pronouns - 0 views

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- Erin DeBell on 17 Jul 11
  
  I identify the Direct Object by finding the "main" verb of the sentence, the action verb. In the highlighted sentence to the right, what is the main (or only) verb? HIT. To identify the D.O., ask yourself WHO or WHAT is being hit in this sentence? The ball. Your Direct Object is THE BALL. What is the action verb in the next sentence? READS. Ask yourself the question... Who or what is getting read? The BOOK. So the book is your D.O. It's as easy as that. If you can identify the main/action verb, you can identify the D.O.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I identify the Direct Object by finding the "main" verb of the sentence, the action verb. In the highlighted sentence to the right, what is the main (or only) verb? HIT. To identify the D.O., ask yourself WHO or WHAT is being hit in this sentence? The ball. Your Direct Object is THE BALL. What is the action verb in the next sentence? READS. Ask yourself the question... Who or what is getting read? The BOOK. So the book is your D.O. It's as easy as that. If you can identify the main/action verb, you can identify the D.O.</div>
  
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  What is the action verb in the first sentence? BOUGHT. What got bought in the sentence? FLOWERS. FLOWERS is your D.O.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What is the action verb in the first sentence? BOUGHT. What got bought in the sentence? FLOWERS. FLOWERS is your D.O. </div>
  
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When the pronoun replaces the name of the direct object, use the following pronouns:
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me (me) te (you-familiar) lo, la (him, her, it, you-formal) nos (us) os (you-all-familiar) los, las (them, you-all-formal)
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- Erin DeBell on 17 Jul 11
  
  PLACEMENT. Important. Where do you put the pronoun once you figure out what it is?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">PLACEMENT. Important. Where do you put the pronoun once you figure out what it is?</div>
  
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Look at how Spanish and English are different. "Lo tengo" and "La tengo" BOTH mean "I have it."
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direct translation doesn't work so well:
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La como.
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This is completely incorrect!
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Learn to translate groups of words, rather than individual words. The first step is to learn to view two Spanish words as a single phrase.
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Just as no one has ever learned to ride a bicycle by reading about it, neither will you learn to use direct object pronouns simply by reading this lesson. The key to success, as always, is to practice, practice, practice.
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- Erin DeBell on 17 Jul 11
  
  Do you feel like you understand Direct Objects? Are you frustrated? If so, how much have you practiced? How many sample exercises have you done? If you read and take notes on a good explanation and then do some exercises, you will feel much more confident with the topic.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Do you feel like you understand Direct Objects? Are you frustrated? If so, how much have you practiced? How many sample exercises have you done? If you read and take notes on a good explanation and then do some exercises, you will feel much more confident with the topic. </div>
  
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- Erin DeBell on 17 Jul 11
  
  Try this simple, extremely helpful exercise: http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/dopro1.htm
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Try this simple, extremely helpful exercise: <a href="http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/dopro1.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/dopro1.htm</a> </div>
  
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Common Core: What Is A "Complex Text" Anyway? | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher - 72 views

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Viewing through Picture Books - 8 views

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High School ELA Lesson Support by Lexiconic Education Resources - 15 views

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Hot Free Books - 119 views

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Smories - new stories for children, read by children - 124 views

www.smories.com English digital story telling literacy interactive video Primary

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Florida's remedial law leads to decreasing pass rates in math and English | InsideHigherEd - 10 views

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There's a little bit of a social stigma. It's easier for students to say they're not good at math. It's much harder to have conversations about having difficulty with writing or reading
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  Same a tech ...people (students and others who say I'm not good ...my children...
  
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students who failed college-level math or English courses were more likely to put off retaking those courses or not return to college. 
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these problems can be solved if developmental courses counted toward a student's degree plan. But that solution won't fix everything. 
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