Teen Literacy Tips

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Today’s the day!  On this feast of All Saints, my eighth grade class at All Saints Catholic School announces the launch of Called2BSaints.com:
Called 2 B Saints is an online Catholic organization created by teens, for teens. Our mission is to give everyday information from around the world, but to also focus on Catholic events, information, [...]

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This year I’m using a project-based approach to teach my eighth grade English class.  The students are in the process of planning a multimedia site consisting of a blog, an audio podcast and a video podcast.  Here’s of rough outline of how they’re doing it:

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If you’re teaching students poetry and you want another way for students to react than writing an essay, here’s an activity you might consider:
Materials Needed:

Windows Movie Maker software (available with Windows XP or as a free download)
Librivox.org (for public domain recordings of poetry)
Wikimedia Commons (for public domain images)

Procedure:

Students find a poem they like on Librivox.org [...]

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