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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: 47
Latest Activity: Nov 11
Do you know of any instructors using the following works in a Freshman classroom? When I was Puerto Rican, Santiago Story of My Life, Keller Red Scarf Girl, Jiang Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge ...
Started by April Stewart. Last reply by Alex Gray Oct 25.
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 "Reader...
Tagged: choice, workshop, reading
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Bill Ivey Aug 31.
Do you have a poem you like? Please post it here. If it is recent, it is still copyrighted and can't be posted. This page lists the age terms for when works enter the public domain.
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Dan Slack Jul 26.
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 hav...
Started by Demetri Orlando Mar 23.
This discussion forum is for questions & answers about punctuation or grammar. Just for kicks, check out the Typo Eradication Advancement League :-)
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Karen Murley Schifferdecker Feb 13.
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: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Writing_...
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Sarah Hanawald May. 7, 2008.
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...
Started by Tami Brass Jan. 25, 2008.
Would it be a good assignment to ask students to convey the feeling of a poem as a video (instead of as a paper)?
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Laura Gerard Jan. 15, 2008.
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...
Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Jan. 10, 2008.
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)?
Started by Demetri Orlando Dec. 15, 2007.
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