Teen Literacy Tips

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. I’d also love to hear what you have to say, so please feel free to comment on any post. Thanks for visiting!Study Guides and Strategies is “an educational public service helping learners to succeed.” The study skills website is [...]

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Yesterday I wrote a rather lengthy post about Harvey Daniels’ book Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, so today I want to list a few resources for those of you interested in knowing more about literature circles.  Despite my criticism of a section in Chapter 3, I really think Daniels’ [...]

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I’m currently reading Harvey Daniels’ Literature Circles: Voice and Choice in Book Clubs and Reading Groups, and while I think it’s a fantastic resource for structuring a literature class, I have one problem with it that I wanted to discuss.  Daniels falls into some illogical reasoning when he talks about interpreting and responding to literature.
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If you live in the state of Washington, then you need 150 clock hours every five years, but trying to find out about workshops can be a real pain.  Your time is too valuable to spend hunting for clock hour classes.  That’s where TeacherClockHours.com can help.  Every workshop in your region is conveniently listed on [...]

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These are some of the sites I use over and over to help me in my teaching endeavors.  If you know of more online resources, leave a comment and I’ll add them to the list.
Lesson Plans and Other Teaching Resources
The Great Books Foundation - Essential website for learning Shared Inquiry Discussion, the best way to [...]

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