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Amy Stanfill

Room Sharing in Philly

Hello all, my colleague and I are looking to share a room to reduce our per-person cost of NCTE this year. We are both F, age 30 from Ari...

Started by Amy Stanfill

1 Oct 31
Reply by Kerri Messler
William Vincent

Older students, but lower functioning

What are some novels and/or authors available for teaching older students (16-20) who's reading comprehension may be around the 5th grade...

Started by William Vincent

3 Oct 22
Reply by Corey Lynn
John

Teaching Sherman Alexie

I will be teaching two Sherman Alexie titles to my 8th grade students: Flight and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Has an...

Started by John

13 Oct 17
Reply by Cindy Fallsen
Rebecca Fornelli

Teaching "What is the What?" by David Eggers

I'm about to teach "What is the What?" by David Eggers to blended-regular level juniors. It's so edgy, but so powerful-I'm nervous about ...

Started by Rebecca Fornelli

0 Oct 7
Elizabeth Ann Pena

So much to do at the conference?!?!

This will be my first visit to an NCTE conference (as both a participant and a presenter) and I am very overwhelmed with all the various ...

Started by Elizabeth Ann Pena

0 Oct 4
Chris McCormack

Current discussions on what writing genres to teach

Does anyone know of any publications regarding current practices in determining the most important writing genres? Of course expository a...

Started by Chris McCormack

1 Oct 1
Reply by Linda Tatman
Amy Hallman

Teaching Classics

I'm getting some discussion about why to teach the classics if something contemporary is more accessible. Now I know it's not all interch...

Started by Amy Hallman

7 Oct 1
Reply by Linda Tatman
Julie

Teaching Grammar

Can anyone share their creative ideas/resources about teaching grammar?

Started by Julie

6 Oct 1
Reply by Linda Tatman
Deb Sondall Saetveit

Student Accountability For Homework

Our school is examining and revising its grading policies, and I'm wondering what successful practices you employ in your classrooms and/...

Started by Deb Sondall Saetveit

3 Sep 21
Reply by Deb Sondall Saetveit
Sid Dobrin

Webinar

Yesterday, I saw a notice about a Webinar about expectations of new teachers that's scheduled for next week. I've since lost that info. C...

Started by Sid Dobrin

1 Sep 9
Reply by Lori Bianchini

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