2018… #StayWoke: Empowering Students to Respond to Fake News by Mariah Morin & Heather Hurst 26 Apr 201815 Sep 2019 As my (Mariah's) own social media feeds were flooded with fake news and articles about fake news, my thoughts turned to students who must also be grappling with the tricky…
2018… Centering LGBTQ People of Color with Young Adult Literature in Secondary ELA by Cody Miller & Kathleen Colantonio-Yurko 26 Apr 201815 Sep 2019 As English language arts teachers, we believe young adult literature offers an avenue for voices and experiences that are largely ignored by canonical texts. LGBTQ voices are among those omitted…
2018… Centering Students’ Voices in a Public Speaking Genre Study by Burke Scarbrough 26 Apr 201815 Sep 2019 Today’s students have access to stirring, powerful text in an ever widening array of forms. As we invite our students to discover the power of the carefully crafted written word,…
2016… Infographic-Making Activity by Michael MacBride 7 Jun 201615 Sep 2019 [pdf version here: MacBride-Infographic-activity] Objective: To encourage the use of charts, graphs, maps, and other infographics in student writing. Approximate Time Required: 30 minutes Materials Needed: A computer with access…
2016… What Is a Civic-Minded Student and How Can We Foster This in Our Classrooms? by Heidi Burns 6 Jun 201615 Sep 2019 [pdf version here: Burns, Heidi--News Summary Activity] (Burns also has a new book forthcoming, which contains similar activities ready to plug into your classroom. Check it out here: http://amzn.to/1U4195g) Civic-minded students…
2016… The “Write” Track: Effectively Leading Your School to Incorporate Writing in Every Classroom by Jennifer Simpson 12 May 201615 Sep 2019 [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…
2016… Implementing Tabletop Gaming in the English Classroom: Promoting Literacy through Interactive Gameplay by Mike P. Cook, Ryan Morgan, & Matthew Gremo 2 May 201615 Sep 2019 [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…
2015… Students Teaching Teachers to Teach Students by Michael MacBride 30 Apr 201515 Sep 2019 Every semester I tell my students that I learned from them, and I'm sure this is something that most teachers say, or at least think, at the end of the…
2015… Sendak’s In the Night Kitchen: Unusual History of Censorship by Laura Cattrysse 30 Apr 201515 Sep 2019 [pdf version here: Cattrysse-Sendak’s In The Night Kitchen] Every child has their favorite fantasy book that mom and dad read every night five times before they can actually fall asleep.…
2014… Daylight Savings Time Vocabulary in Context by Bill St. Martin 1 Apr 201415 Sep 2019 Daylight Savings Time Vocabulary in Context Bill St. Martin Irondale High School Focus Composition Name ______________________________ Vocabulary In Context Building your Personal Thesaurus Hour _____________ Continue reading "Daylight…
2014… Analyzing Poetry and Songs by Scott Hall 1 Apr 201415 Sep 2019 Find a song that has been recorded by several artists (at least 4) over the past 30-60 years (or re-recorded/re-mixed in a new style by the same artist). Listen to…
2014… The Women of Beowulf and Student Responses by Kathryn Campbell 1 Apr 201415 Sep 2019 If you’ve ever taught an early British Literature text, you know that strong, multidimensional female characters are hard to come by. Take Beowulf, for example: women are only named after…
2014… Promoting Literacy Outside the Classroom by Mitzi Watkins 30 Mar 201415 Sep 2019 “Ms. Watkins, my family and I took your book bag with us on our trip to Mexico, and we read the books in the car on our way there and…
