[pdf version here: Simpson-TheWriteTrack] Currently, 42 states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity have adopted the Common Core State Standards (NGA). Minnesota adopted the ELA standards, but not the math. Within the Common Core Standards for English Language Arts, there are specific writing standards that have been a … Continue reading The “Write” Track: Effectively Leading Your School to Incorporate Writing in Every Classroom by Jennifer Simpson
Making Literacy Teaching a Priority in a Culturally Diverse Classroom by Adrienne Rische
[pdf version here: Rische-LiteracyTeachingCulturallyDiverse] Implementing culturally relevant pedagogy in the classroom has become an increasingly important priority for English teachers. In this piece, I will explore the difficulties that come with selecting culturally relevant texts and many of the misconceptions that teachers have about teaching literacy in culturally diverse classrooms. It has not been long since … Continue reading Making Literacy Teaching a Priority in a Culturally Diverse Classroom by Adrienne Rische
Read Them Together: Paired Book Reading for Global Literature by Jongsun Wee & Barbara A. Lehman
[pdf version here: Wee-Lehman-ReadThemTogether] Abstract: The need for global literature is growing as the society rapidly becomes more diverse. This study documented American children’s responses to global literature when it was paired with a home country book. The data were collected in a third grade classroom in a midwestern state. The results showed that in paired … Continue reading Read Them Together: Paired Book Reading for Global Literature by Jongsun Wee & Barbara A. Lehman
Implementing Tabletop Gaming in the English Classroom: Promoting Literacy through Interactive Gameplay by Mike P. Cook, Ryan Morgan, & Matthew Gremo
[pdf version here: cook-implementing-tabletop-gaming-in-the-english-classroom] Introduction Table-top gaming, at its core, is simply a term used to refer to any social game that is traditionally played in person around a table. Over the years, the term itself has become an umbrella for all forms of board games, but in gaming culture it is most commonly applied … Continue reading Implementing Tabletop Gaming in the English Classroom: Promoting Literacy through Interactive Gameplay by Mike P. Cook, Ryan Morgan, & Matthew Gremo
Teaching Fiction: Craft, Composition Theory, and a Lie by Luke Daly
[pdf version here: Daly-TeachingFiction] [see the companion creative pieces here: "The Four Deaths of Mitchell Fish"] My first magic trick as a new lecturer of creative writing was reappearing three days per week. I disappeared too, at the end of every class, but the students didn't seem to impart this with the same mystique. "Daly!" sometimes … Continue reading Teaching Fiction: Craft, Composition Theory, and a Lie by Luke Daly
The Four Deaths of Mitchell Fish by Luke Daly
[pdf version here: Daly-FourDeathsofMitchellFish] [see the companion essay "Teaching Fiction: Craft, Composition Theory, and a Lie"] I. Oxygen I slash in like a dull knife but don’t tip into the abyss. Just wow at the Formica. Some wrongful oxygen rises up the ways in my neck. I do fall then II. Oxygen Slick Mick pushed … Continue reading The Four Deaths of Mitchell Fish by Luke Daly
Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby by Elisa Malinovitz
[pdf version here: Malinovitz-Wolfsheim in Gatsby] Introduction: The Great Gatsby is included in the Common Core exemplars for literature, it’s rare to find a high school or university in the United States that doesn’t teach it, making it one of the most analyzed novels in modern American literature. Students examine and often re-examine the novel … Continue reading Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby by Elisa Malinovitz
Graphic Novels in the Classroom: Suggestions for Appropriate Multimodal Writing Projects in Graphic Novel Units by Michael P. Cook & Jeffrey S. J. Kirchoff
[pdf version here: Cook-Kirchoff-Graphic Novels in the Classroom] Abstract While the NCTE (2008) definition of 21st century literacies is several years old now, the role of the ELA teacher continues to include helping students learn to read and make meaning from a variety of texts and text-types. However, much of the use of multimodal texts … Continue reading Graphic Novels in the Classroom: Suggestions for Appropriate Multimodal Writing Projects in Graphic Novel Units by Michael P. Cook & Jeffrey S. J. Kirchoff
The Kite Runner From A Marxist Perspective by Kristine Putz
[pdf version here: Putz-KiteRunnerMarxistPerspective] The use of Marxist and other literary theories in the classroom helps students to realize that the subject of English is beyond the rudimentary put your comma here or reading for the sake of fulfilling some predetermined standard (a certain number of minutes of reading per night for example). English is … Continue reading The Kite Runner From A Marxist Perspective by Kristine Putz
Theory in Practice in the High School Classroom: Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory by Taya Sazama
[pdf version here: Sazama-Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory] Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel, The Kite Runner, is one of the newer modern sensations to hit high school classrooms. In a setting where a majority of the studied texts were written before the start of the twentieth century, this is quite an achievement. Especially … Continue reading Theory in Practice in the High School Classroom: Using The Kite Runner to Teach Literary Theory by Taya Sazama
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