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Dana Huff

Presentations in the High School English Classroom - 27 views

www.thethinkingstick.com/learning-through-presentations

presentations powerpoint

shared by Dana Huff on 05 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • Dana Huff on 05 Feb 11
     
    Utecht provides great guidelines, tools, and models for student-created presentations.
  • Leslie Healey on 06 Feb 11
     
    they (students and teachers) did this at Educon 2.3 and it was inspiring. We are going to try it 4th quarter 20th century short fiction.
Dana Huff

Dante's Fourfold Method: The Interpretation of Symbol and Allegory - 12 views

www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/...%5Cteacher_20100908_0712_2.doc

reading analysis english literature

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  • Dana Huff on 06 Feb 11
     
    Word document that explains Dante's fourfold method of interpretation. Via Jim Burke
Adam Babcock

Teachers' Domain: Browse By Standards - 16 views

www.teachersdomain.org/...D10003FC

commoncore literacy lessonplans

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  • Adam Babcock on 20 Mar 11
     
    Need help finding a lesson to fit Common Core? This seems like a great place to start...
Dana Huff

Evolving English Teacher: "How to Forge a Jane Austen Manuscript": Teaching Students Austen's Style w/ a Quill and Paper - 13 views

evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/...ge-jane-austen-manuscript.html

english teaching style writing composition

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  • Dana Huff on 08 Jun 11
     
    Glenda teaches us how to teach students to mimic one of the masters of prose-Jane Austen. Mimicry is often a great writing exercise for students who need to examine style.
Tracee Orman

The Potter Games - 12 views

www.thepottergames.com

harry potter hunger games choose-your-own-adventure internet activities reading

shared by Tracee Orman on 31 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • Tracee Orman on 31 Jul 11
     
    This is an interactive website based on the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books/games. The characters of Harry Potter have been thrown into The Hunger Games (as tributes or mentors) by Lord Voldemort. The player chooses one of the characters and must read each passage, then makes a decision for that character, which could result in becoming the Victor...or "Reenervate" to try again. If you have students who like Harry Potter or The Hunger Games, they will have fun on this website. New characters are unlocked daily & we plan on writing more stories - one with the characters rebelling against Lord Voldemort and breaking out of the arena. It is great practice for reading skills - some characters have longer passages, some shorter. Some have up to 144 different scenarios (that's 144 pages of text). The least amount of reading for a player is 19 pages. So think about your low readers - that may be more than they read in a week by just playing one character. The writers who have/are contributing to this non-profit project include teachers, high school students, college students, professional writers, graphic artists, musicians, librarians, and so many more. We're all fans of both series, of course. :) (For grades 7 and up) I have a free download of lesson ideas for using The Potter Games in your classroom here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Potter-Games-Using-Interactive-Fiction-to-Improve-Reading
Dennis OConnor

150 Questions to Write or Talk About - NYTimes.com - 30 views

learning.blogs.nytimes.com/...estions-to-write-or-talk-about

shared by Dennis OConnor on 01 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • For almost two years now, we’ve posted a fresh Student Opinion question every weekday.Each question was originally inspired by something in that week’s New York Times, and all of them are still open to comment by anyone between the ages of 13 and 25.Teachers tell us they use them as “bell-ringers,” as inspiration for lessons, as jumping-off points for student research and journalism, or just to help students practice writing persuasively and responding to others around the world. (We don’t allow last names, and we read each and every comment ourselves before we make it public, so it’s a pretty civil, and safe, place to post.)Below, 1
Kristin Bergsagel

How To Do Things With Words : Learning Diversity - 4 views

www.learningdiversity.org/...how-to-do-things-with-words

shared by Kristin Bergsagel on 14 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • the RRSG theory of reading comprehension is predominantly cognitive rather than cultural. It depicts the text as an encoded representation of a specific situation.
  • Making and having meaning, then, transcend cognition and involve a commitment to values and the pursuit of ideals.
  • These moral qualities are essential to human life, yet they seem to be completely redundant in the case of the aforementioned reader of “the cat is on the mat.”
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  • Could it be that teachers who are allegedly so obstinately unfaithful to the received theory of reading comprehension do in fact apply it in their classrooms, but fail to achieve adequate outcomes because the theory fails to explain reading as a meaningful human activity?
  • the most authoritative theory of reading comprehension misleads her into performing a futile cognitive exercise.
  • namely, instruct students to read the text creatively by transforming it into a model for exploring ideas such as self-deception, hubris, or the unintended negative consequences of well-intended parenting.
  • it doesn’t address texts adequately as media of communication between purposeful, goal-oriented actors.
  • The meaning of a message, then, is its use by the interacting parties and is therefore always much more than a mental representation. When we treat words or statements as mere representations, we fail to communicate.
  • A theory that fails to enhance communication undermines education, because education is a special form of communication dedicated to the transmission of learning.
  • The words remain his rather than theirs, conveying facts about his dream rather than becoming resources useful to them. These readers have missed yet another opportunity to make sense of the history of their nation and of their own lives in relation to it.
  • hopeful vision coupled to a darker prophecy and a threatening message.
  • This reading, then, intertwines American political history with the history of literature in a way that renders the reader herself an active participant in their making.
  • creativity, diversity, and agency
  • Readers, we propose, ought to associate the meaning of the text with its use. The texts students typically read in school, more specifically, ought to be used for the purpose of exploring ideas. Reading for this purpose is necessarily a creative endeavor because it entails transforming the text into a model of inquiry into certain aspects of the reader’s life experiences.
  • In other words, because they use the text in diverse ways, its meaning varies accordingly.
  • What is at stake is nothing less than how students relate themselves to cultural achievements that have shaped the world in which they live and the society in which they gradually mature.
  • Conversely, education researchers in universities and other research institutes are often insufficiently familiar with how children learn at school, and therefore simply do not have an adequate understanding of the problems their research should solve
Tracee Orman

BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free - 13 views

www.bibme.org

education research reference citation writing tools bibliography citations teachers

shared by Tracee Orman on 07 Apr 11 - Cached
  • Tracee Orman on 07 Apr 11
     
    Automatic citation creator. Paste in the website, prompts for the authors first & last name, then creates a pasteable citation for you.
Dana Huff

Evolving English Teacher: #engchat: Out of the Desk & Into the Text: Using Performance Pedagogy in ELA - 5 views

evolvingenglishteacher.blogspot.com/...t-of-desk-into-text-using.html

english literature lesson lessons performance shakespeare folger teaching

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  • Dana Huff on 06 Apr 11
     
    Glenda Funk shares some performance pedagogy techniques designed to get students out of their desk and on their feet.
camillenapierbernstein

7 Brilliant Book Trailers | Brain Pickings - 12 views

www.brainpickings.org/...7-brilliant-book-trailers

shared by camillenapierbernstein on 01 May 11 - No Cached
  • 7 Brilliant Book Trailers
    • camillenapierbernstein
      camillenapierbernstein on 02 May 11
       
      I found these exciting projects, too. I would ask teachers to require kids NOT SPOIL the plot -- or, at least to warn viewers of spoilers. My students could not watch any of the SPEAK trailers for this reason.
  • Leslie Healey on 01 May 11
     
    5 trailers for unique books-- great to inspire reading, or to serve as examples of the clear thinking that goes into creating a great review. My kids were fascinated, great discussion ensued as we plan our PechaKucha book reports
Suzanne Rogers

Speech to the Virginia Convention (Patrick Henry) Teachers guide! - 4 views

library.springbranchisd.com/...LA_Skill_Gr11AP_PHenry.pdf

aplang americanliterature

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  • Suzanne Rogers on 23 Jun 11
     
    common core mapping project
C Reed

Achievethecore.org :: Home - 3 views

achievethecore.org

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  • C Reed on 22 Jul 14
     
    Find, steal, and share free Common Core tools. For teachers, coaches, school and district leaders. Assembled by Student Achievement Partners.
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