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Literary classics shelved for writing - SignOnSanDiego.com - 1 views

www.signonsandiego.com/...cs-shelved-in-retooled-english Classics ERWC

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anonymous on 01 Sep 10

Teach rhetoric and banish the classics from HS English classes? What do you think?

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Cathy Blanchfield on 02 Sep 10

This is the Expository Reading and Writing Course that many of us are adopting. It actually doesn't have to be an either/or. Yes there is less literature and more expository writing; however, most of us also incorporate some literature. I teach Things Fall Apart in a Socratic Seminar format, Macbeth in a more traditional format, and some poetry. The modules from the Expository Reading and Writing Binder are open-ended and need some updating, but they give students an excellent variety of college-like readings and writing instruction. Students learn to critically read passages and interpret their own thinking in writing. The writing instruction is key and not as well defined as the reading instruction in the modules. Teachers need to creatively design the lessons to prepare students to write argument with ease.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is the Expository Reading and Writing Course that many of us are adopting. It actually doesn't have to be an either/or. Yes there is less literature and more expository writing; however, most of us also incorporate some literature. I teach Things Fall Apart in a Socratic Seminar format, Macbeth in a more traditional format, and some poetry. The modules from the Expository Reading and Writing Binder are open-ended and need some updating, but they give students an excellent variety of college-like readings and writing instruction. Students learn to critically read passages and interpret their own thinking in writing. The writing instruction is key and not as well defined as the reading instruction in the modules. Teachers need to creatively design the lessons to prepare students to write argument with ease.</div>

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NCTE Secondary Section: To Write or Not to Write: The Ethics of Posting Objectives - 1 views

nctesecondary.blogspot.com/...or-not-to-write-ethics-of.html Teaching Standards Objectives

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A Collection of Online Publishing Opportunities for Student Writing - National Writing ... - 2 views

www.nwp.org/...3138 Publishers Writing

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PLWP - The Prairie Lands Writing Project - An Affiliate of the National Writing Project - 0 views

www.missouriwestern.edu/...index.html writing project technology poetry

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Effects of the California High School Exit Exam - 3 views

www.eric.ed.gov.login.hmlproxy.lib.csufresno.edu/...ED510168.pdf CAHSEE Cons Negative Effects Literacy

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Mallorie Fagundes on 26 Oct 10

"Sean Reardon and Michal Kurlaender summarize the findings from a study investigating the impact of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) on California's lowest performing students. [...] They found that the CAHSEE requirement has had no positive efects on students' academic skills" (quoted from the abstract).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sean Reardon and Michal Kurlaender summarize the findings from a study investigating the impact of the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) on California's lowest performing students. [...] They found that the CAHSEE requirement has had no positive efects on students' academic skills" (quoted from the abstract).</div>

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Justin Norris on 26 Oct 10

Wow. This is an interesting read. I'm thinking about writing my research paper about the CAHSEE, so, thank you for this find!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wow. This is an interesting read. I'm thinking about writing my research paper about the CAHSEE, so, thank you for this find!</div>

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Mallorie Fagundes on 27 Oct 10

It was very interesting. I am writing mine on CAHSEE as well; maybe you and I can get together and discuss what we find. I was expecting to find positive articles for the CAHSEE possibly explaining why it is necessary, but I mostly found articles that rebut the CAHSEE.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It was very interesting. I am writing mine on CAHSEE as well; maybe you and I can get together and discuss what we find. I was expecting to find positive articles for the CAHSEE possibly explaining why it is necessary, but I mostly found articles that rebut the CAHSEE.</div>

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Justin Norris on 28 Oct 10

Yeah, same here. I just posted a website that shows the stats of the CAHSEE and how students have been doing on them since 2004. For every ethnicity, percentages have gone up every year since 04. Though it doesn't have anything to do with how effective the CAHSEE is in regard to literacy, it's still interesting to see. I'm sure there's a relationship with the improving scores and how the curriculum keeps changing in classrooms in order to focus on getting higher CAHSEE scores.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yeah, same here. I just posted a website that shows the stats of the CAHSEE and how students have been doing on them since 2004. For every ethnicity, percentages have gone up every year since 04. Though it doesn't have anything to do with how effective the CAHSEE is in regard to literacy, it's still interesting to see. I'm sure there's a relationship with the improving scores and how the curriculum keeps changing in classrooms in order to focus on getting higher CAHSEE scores.</div>

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