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English Teachers

This group is for discussions, reflections, and resources for the teaching & learning of English in Independent Schools.

Location: subject areas
Members: 50
Latest Activity: Dec 7

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April Stewart

Help/suggestions for "new " novel/work for Freshman lit class 4 Replies

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 I…

Tagged: novels, Clasroom

Started by April Stewart. Last reply by Alex Gray Oct 25.

Demetri Orlando

"Readers Workshop" 1 Reply

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…

Tagged: choice, workshop, reading

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Bill Ivey Aug 31.

Demetri Orlando

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. This page lists the age terms for when works enter the public domain.

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Dan Slack Jul 26.

Demetri Orlando

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…

Tagged: poetry, spam

Started by Demetri Orlando Mar 23.

Demetri Orlando

Grammar & Punctuation Questions! 4 Replies

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.

Demetri Orlando

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: http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Writing_Re…

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Sarah Hanawald May. 7, 2008.

Tami Brass

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 p…

Started by Tami Brass Jan. 25, 2008.

Demetri Orlando

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)?

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Laura Gerard Jan. 15, 2008.

Demetri Orlando

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 p…

Started by Demetri Orlando. Last reply by Demetri Orlando Jan. 10, 2008.

Demetri Orlando

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)?

Started by Demetri Orlando Dec. 15, 2007.

 

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Demetri Orlando Laura Gerard April Stewart Mike Boodey John Corrigan Sarah Hanawald Mark Crotty Karen Murley Schifferdecker Matt Nink Dan Slack Robert Adanto Bill Ivey Alex Gray Tami Brass Colin Bridgewater Karisti Cormier Antonio Viva Catherine Golden Christopher Thinnes Jake Cohen Gina Liotta Svetlana Grinshpan Ian Stevens Alison Gulotta Nkomo Morris Tamara Pellicier LPB Patrick Martin Anne Becker Schwartzberg Debbie Branker
 
 

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Beth Adamczyk replied to Beth Adamczyk's discussion 'Schools that do not block Facebook'
Thanks for your input! We have a liberal filtering policy which only blocks, porn, gambling and hate sites. My teachers have been upset because they do not want to be the Facebook "police". We set up a disciplinary OU that restricts access to any fu…
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Sara Romeyn replied to Beth Adamczyk's discussion 'Schools that do not block Facebook'
We don't block facebook at our school. I actually just did a history research paper with my students where they created Facebook fan pages for early 19th century reformers. Anyway, during class, when kids are using their computers, I circle around t…
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I have a copy of their white paper on online gaming and how it actually improves a student's understanding of civics.
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Matt Montagne commented on Joseph R. Stefani's blog post 'Friendship 2.0'
Nice way to sum it up, Joseph. I enjoyed the exchange here. I agree w/you on cars in my comment above, but the way. Cars certainly allow us to go places and do things that simply are not possible without them (kinda like the Internet I suppose). My…
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Matt Montagne replied to Beth Adamczyk's discussion 'Schools that do not block Facebook'
Hey Beth, We don't block facebook and other social networking sites. For the most part, this works for us. It doesn't mean our students aren't off task periodically, but I wouldn't point to facebook/social networks as the reasons for off task behavi…
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Susan Ferris Rights replied to Jenni Voorhees's discussion 'Updated High School presentation' in the group Internet Safety
Your slideshow is great---to the point! I may be using part of it---thanks!
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Internet Safety
How are our discussions about safety on the internet evolving as students (and adults) become increasingly connected through social networking and other means? Have we changed our tone, and how?
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