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This group is for discussions, reflections, and resources for the teaching & learning of English in Independent Schools.
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Members: 67
Latest Activity: Apr 19
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Online student message boards
I just tried a couple of homework assignments in which I gave the boys a poem and asked them to read and respond on an online message board. We used lore.com. It's a pretty decent site, but the…Continue
Started by Jonathan Rosenshine Apr 19.
When do students first read Shakespeare?
Some simple questions I would love for English teachers to answer:1. If you teach in a middle school English department or if your school has a middle school English department, do your middle school…Continue
Tags: Shakespeare
Started by Jonathan Rosenshine Mar 20.
"Readers Workshop" 4 Replies
I have been familiar with the term "Writers Workshop" and its approach of encouraging students to write out of authentic interest in a topic rather than artificial assignments, but the term "Readers…Continue
Tags: choice, workshop, reading
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Sarah Hanawald Sep 8, 2011.
name calling or bully theme books 1 Reply
Hi Can someone recommend a title for our entering 4th and 5th graders. The English department is looking for a book that deals with the theme of name calling or bullying or being mean for a summer…Continue
Started by Tom. Last reply by Megan Hutchin Apr 21, 2011.
Othello Film Clip Resource
I spent a few hours this vacation compiling and putting on our school website links to YouTube videos of different Othello productions. Scenes from six different versions from stage and screen plus…Continue
Tags: Shakespeare, Technology, Othello
Started by Jonathan Rosenshine Mar 23, 2011.
Help/suggestions for "new " novel/work for Freshman lit class 6 Replies
Do you know of any instructors using the following works in a Freshman classroom?When I was Puerto Rican, SantiagoStory of My Life, KellerRed Scarf Girl, JiangBreath, Eyes, Memory by EdwidgeI need a…Continue
Started by April Stewart. Last reply by Kathryn Gazso Feb 22, 2011.
Favorite Poems 3 Replies
Do you have a poem you like? Please post it here.If it is recent, it is still copyrighted and can't be posted.…Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Dan Slack Jul 26, 2009.
Clever Spam
I got this message this morning and was impressed by the subject line and lite-brite approach to advertising this product. (If the sender had put that word in the text then my spam filter would have…Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando Mar 23, 2009.
Grammar & Punctuation Questions! 4 Replies
This discussion forum is for questions & answers about punctuation or grammar.Just for kicks, check out the Typo Eradication…Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Karen Murley Schifferdecker Feb 13, 2009.
Pew Report on Teens' Writing 2 Replies
Thanks go to Tim Fish for passing along a link to this interesting ananlysis of teens' and parents' opinions of how technology relates to their writing:…Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Sarah Hanawald May 7, 2008.
Document Cameras in English/Language Arts
We're hoping to get a document camera for our middle school English/Language Arts teachers this year.Anyone have teaching tips for document cameras to share? Each of our teachers have tablets and…Continue
Started by Tami Brass Jan 25, 2008.
the red wheelbarrow 2 Replies
Would it be a good assignment to ask students to convey the feeling of a poem as a video (instead of as a paper)? Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Laura Gerard Jan 15, 2008.
Exemplary Lessons for 1:1 English Classrooms 1 Reply
Do you have ideas to add to this list? Please "reply"Collected from ISED-L List-serv 12/15/07:In Cincinnati we were told about requiring students, before turning it in, to read their draft of a paper…Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Jan 10, 2008.
Romeo & Juliet
Would it be a good assignment to ask students to convey the meaning of a novel as a video (as opposed to the traditional essay paper)? Continue
Started by Demetri Orlando Dec 15, 2007.
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