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Tom McHale

Reader Idea | Grammar Clubs - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Tom McHale on 26 Jan 11
     
    Using The New York Times to show students how the rules of grammar can be bent - and as models for their own writing.
Tom McHale

new haven review : New Haven Review - 1 views

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  • Tom McHale on 06 Oct 10
     
    A list of 20+ non-fiction writers under 40. There is a bio for each with a brief discussion of his or her work.
Lori Freeman

Books on-line - 1 views

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books reading

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  • Lori Freeman on 11 Aug 10
     
    This site offers thousands of books through the ages on-line. You can take pieces of all fiction and non-fiction and use them in your classes in various ways.
Lori Freeman

Slate Magazine - 1 views

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writing essays current topics

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  • Lori Freeman on 12 Sep 10
     
    Referenced in Katie Wood Ray's book Study Driven, Slate Magazine's website is here.
Tom McHale

Lesson Plan: Updating Orwell's '1984' - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Tom McHale on 22 Oct 10
     
    Great lesson plan for media lit or for those teaching 1984.
Tom McHale

A Brief and Wondrous Writing Contest! | Figment Blog - 1 views

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  • Tom McHale on 06 Nov 11
     
    A contest sponsored by the National Writing Project that focuses on narrative voice. It provides resources for developing voice.
Tom McHale

MediaShift . Why Every Student Should Learn Journalism Skills | PBS - 1 views

www.pbs.org/...earn-journalism-skills143.html

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  • Tom McHale on 24 May 11
     
    How do we make schools more relevant to students? Teach them the skills they need in the real world, with tools they use every day. That's exactly what Esther Wojcicki, a teacher of English and journalism at Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, Calif., is attempting to do with the recent launch of the website 21STcenturyli
Tom McHale

Logical punctuation: Should we start placing commas outside quotation marks? - By Ben Y... - 1 views

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punctuation

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  • Tom McHale on 14 May 11
     
    For at least two centuries, it has been standard practice in the United States to place commas and periods inside of quotation marks. This rule still holds for professionally edited prose: what you'll find in Slate, the New York Times, the Washington Post-almost any place adhering to Modern Language Association (MLA) or AP guidelines. But in copy-editor-free zones-the Web and emails, student papers, business memos-with increasing frequency, commas and periods find themselves on the outside of quotation marks, looking in. A punctuation paradigm is shifting.
  • Michele B. on 18 May 11
     
    I've always placed punctuation marks (commas, periods) outside of the quotes for anything other than dialogue, feeling like I was breaking the rules (which says that they should be inside). It's nice to know that I was just punctuating in the "British" way!
Lori Freeman

Writing Instruction - 1 views

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Writing English

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  • Lori Freeman on 15 Sep 10
     
    Here are some great handouts for writing instruction!
Brendan McIsaac

NOT Waiting for Superman : Articles/Superhero School Reform Heading Your Way - 0 views

www.notwaitingforsuperman.org/...20101129-karpnj

reform charters

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 12 Jan 11
     
    A critique of charter systems and their interests
Tom McHale

TODAY Health - Teen girls' mystery illness now has a diagnosis: mass hysteria - 0 views

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Crucible

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  • Tom McHale on 18 Jan 12
     
    The day after TODAY reported on the baffling case of 12 teenage girls at one school who mysteriously fell ill with Tourette's-like symptoms of tics and verbal outbursts, a doctor who is treating some of the girls has come forward to offer an explanation. Dr. Laszlo Mechtler, a neurologist in Amherst, N.Y., says the diagnosis is "conversion disorder," or mass hysteria. "It's happened before, all around the world, in different parts of the world. It's a rare phenomena. Physicians are intrigued by it," Mechtler told TODAY on Wednesday. "The bottom line is these teenagers will get better." On the show Tuesday, psychologist and TODAY contributor Dr. Gail Saltz noted that just because the girls' symptoms may be psychological in origin doesn't make them any less real or painful.
Brendan McIsaac

Education Week: School Achievement: Let's Not Worry Too Much About Shanghai - 0 views

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testing reform

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 12 Jan 11
     
    Interesting information about the testing culture our politicians and education corpratists use to critique our "failing" system.
Brendan McIsaac

The Best Kept Secret About Private Schools - Walt Gardner's Reality Check - Education Week - 0 views

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testing reform

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 12 Jan 11
     
    How private schools post strong test scores.
Brendan McIsaac

Education Week: Investing in Teachers as Learners - 0 views

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inquiry

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 25 Jan 11
     
    Will discusses the shift to teachers as lead learners and schools as cultures of inquiry.
Brendan McIsaac

Battling the "Bad Teacher" Bogeyman - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

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testing reform

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 12 Jan 11
     
    The challenge educators face in policymakers and corporatists
Brendan McIsaac

Former 'No Child Left Behind' Advocate Turns Critic : NPR - 0 views

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reform testing

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  • Brendan McIsaac on 12 Jan 11
     
    why NCLB and snactions/choice do not work
Tom McHale

The Age of the Essay - 0 views

www.paulgraham.com/essay.html

writing essays

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  • Tom McHale on 17 Jan 11
     
    An interesting post about how real essays are nothing like the 5-paragraph essay we learned in school
Tom McHale

Lists of Ten, by subject - 0 views

www.tengrrl.com/index.shtml

writing teaching resources

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  • Tom McHale on 17 Jan 11
     
    A English teachers's lists of ten.  Some great materials and resources.
Cathy Stutzman

BTR | Shows & Blogs - 0 views

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writing WritingCenter NWP

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  • Teachers and writers together: A look at student-staffed writing centers Join us for the first of two programs where we take a look inside student-staffed writing centers from schools around the country. We’ll hear about what makes a writing center work and visit with guests -- including students -- who will ... 60 Min  10/28/2010   listen: play   comments (0)
  • Cathy Stutzman on 02 Feb 11
     
    The first program on the list, "Teachers and writers together: A look at student-staffed writing centers" is a great resource for peer tutoring from the National Writing Project. Offers suggestions and strategies for bringing students onto the staff at our writing center. Also shares benefits for peer tutors.
Tom McHale

Life Lessons Learned: The National Teachers Initiative : NPR - 0 views

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  • Tom McHale on 27 Sep 11
     
    StoryCorps is honing in on lessons about learning with a new project for the academic year, called the National Teachers Initiative. It'll feature conversations with teachers across the country - teachers talking to each other, students interviewing the teachers who changed their lives, and more. "I think there is no higher calling than being a public school teacher in this country," StoryCorps founder Dave Isay tells Weekend Edition Sunday host Audie Cornish. "Teachers are feeling under attack and underappreciated," Isay says. "We want to do our part over the next year to turn that around."
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