Category: 9-12
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Remembered Reading
Connecting Positive YA Memories to Reading Unbound, The Book Whisperer, and Our Students This post is the first in a series designed to connect teachers’ remembered childhood and/or YA independent reading experiences and their current teaching practices to Jeff Wilhelm, Mike Smith, and Sharon Fransen’s new book, Reading Unbound: Why Kids Need to Read What…
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Flipping English Classrooms: Grammar Instruction
Flipping has not come easily for me. I had to make sure it was going to fit my teaching situation. As a language arts teacher, I had to figure out just how I was going to flip the instruction within my classroom. The English world is a bit more complicated in terms of flipped instruction.…
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Becoming Authentic Writers
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This is the first in a series of posts about the impact of a paperless approach on the writing process and product. When it comes to technology, I am a geek. My students and my colleagues will not be surprised that I spend countless hours playing with…