Day 2 of #ncte11 started bright and early, as I had made plans to have breakfast with Stacey from TwoWritingTeachers. I was a little early for our meeting in the lobby and ended up running into Meeno, also meeting a friend for breakfast. It was a perfect run-in because I was able to congratulate Meeno [...]
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I’ve been home from NCTE for a few days now and I am still decompressing and reflecting. If you have the opportunity to attend NCTE’s annual convention you must go! It is the most powerful professional development I have ever experienced. Chicago was my second NCTE and I am already planning for the 2012 convention. [...]
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Just popping to say that NCTE has been fabulous. Look for a summary later this week, after I have had time to digest everything and reflect. Looking forward to next year in Las Vegas!!
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Dragon Quill: Master Post Hunger Games Analysis tags: hungergames Perceptions of Muslim Women (Satire) | A Way to Teach tags: muslim satire islam worldhistory Non-fiction Independent Reading Journal leading to a Research Paper | A Way to Teach tags: independent reading reading response nonfiction Annotated Bibliography: Your Questions, Your Research | A Way to Teach [...]
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Beyond the Book Report: Ways to Respond to Literature Using New York Times Models – NYTimes.com tags: reading reading response Reed Gallery – Signs & Symbols – Home Decoding Mediaeval & Renaissance Iconography tags: renaissance middleages worldhistory canterbury tales canterburytales Vocab quizzes, vocabulary graphic organizer, vocab headlines | Where the Classroom Ends Great idea for [...]
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Busy month! November is always crazy here. It’s the end of the first marking period, I’m trying to grade essays, #NCTE11 is in just two weeks(!), Thanksgiving is coming, then it’s Christmas, and I have a class reunion this week. Oh, and did I mention I am doing NaNoWriMo? So yeah, just a little crazy. [...]
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The Art of Failing Successfully | Head Case – WSJ.com tags: failure failing article articles Questioning Shakespeare’s Authorship-Folger Shakespeare Library tags: SHAKESPEARE romeo and juliet Contested Will- Who Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays Article from Folger tags: SHAKESPEARE romeo and juliet 60 Minutes with Shakespeare | Who was William Shakespeare? tags: SHAKESPEARE romeo and juliet A conversation [...]
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I am thrilled to let you all know that this summer I will be facilitating a summer camp for bookworms. I was inspired by Symphony Space’s Thalia Kid’s Book Club Camp, as it sounds like my dream camp. If I were still a teen, I would have begged my mother to let me go to [...]
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