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Jana Foster

Writing Continuums

Hi Everyone, I am the English Department chair at a private k-12 school. We are currently in the process of developing a k-12 writing co...

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Martin Musgrove

International Collaboration Between Students

Our students at Viktor Rydberg High School in Stockholm Sweden are not native speakers of English. Yet their level of English is very hig...

Started by Martin Musgrove

3 Nov 5
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Mary Donnelly

Grammar Books?

Hello, everyone! I am a member of a collegial circle that is exploring teaching grammar in the 21st Century. We're researching some reso...

Started by Mary Donnelly

2 Nov 4
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Madlon T. Laster

Is grammar teaching passé?

I'm a retired teacher who can't stop thinking about classrooms and lessons, especially since I just had lunch with ten colleagues, half o...

Started by Madlon T. Laster

13 Nov 4
Reply by Jim Pangborn
Lynne Ippolito

Retelling Strategies/Activities

Hello educators! I am seeking strategies/activities on retelling of text. I teach fifth grade and I have a tier group of advances readers...

Started by Lynne Ippolito

0 Nov 3
Mark Pennington

Why Not to Read Outloud, According to Richard Peck

This month’s newsletter from Notes from the Horn Book (Volume 2, Number 9) has quite a controversial statement from author Richard Peck. ...

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3 Nov 3
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Mila M. Fuller

How will you celebrate the National Day on Writing?

America's writing will be front and center on October 20, 2009—the National Day on Writing. On that day, writers from every walk of life ...

Started by Mila M. Fuller

27 Nov 2
Reply by Barbara J. Smith
Kent Williamson

How will the Common Core State Standards influence your professional work?

The NGA Center and Council of Chief State School Officers released a public draft of their Common Core State Standards for ELA on Septemb...

Started by Kent Williamson

25 Oct 31
Reply by Karen V. Packard
Traci Gardner

Kylene Beers's Welcome Message Archive

This thread includes all of the messages from the main page of the Ning. All are from President-Elect Kylene Beers.

Started by Traci Gardner

18 Oct 26
Reply by Luke Beals
Lisa Storm Fink

Summer Reading and Learning

ReadWriteThink.org, which is produced by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association with suppo...

Started by Lisa Storm Fink

1 Oct 21
Reply by Steve McKee

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Aloha - I just returned from South Korea. While there I read three good books about Korea that you might want to check out. The best of the three was the Calligrapher's Daughter by E. Kim which is about the sad history of South Korea from 1906 unt...
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Hi Everyone, I am the English Department chair at a private k-12 school. We are currently in the process of developing a k-12 writing continuum and are wondering if there is anyone else out there using one. If so, is it working well? Are you open...
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