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Paul Thomas
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- Greenville, SC
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Critical Literacy in P...
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Literary analysis is certainly a powerful genre, and it surely helps students grow as writers. What I think we may be ignoring is the balance in the variety of genres we invite students to write. Our so-called "advanced" students who write almost ...
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- Furman University
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- Associate professor
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- SCCTE
- NCTE Member?
- Yes
- How long have you been a member of NCTE?
- 14 years
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See my blog related to writing: http://wrestlingwithwriting.blogspot.com/
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Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 1:38pm on January 18, 2009,
Yvonne Mason said… - Well, hey. I look forward to seeing you as you work with Allison.
- At 3:16pm on November 17, 2008,
Stephanie said… - Did you read Inexcusable yet? I'm eager to hear what you think about the main character.
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"The existing standardized tests are so incredibly bogus that it is the height of impropriety for NCTE and other so-called professional organizations to pretend that tests exist "to identify learning needs, inform instruction, and monitor student ...
So far there has been no response from NCTE in any form since the postings on the website of the Washington Post. The bottom line remains:
NCTE has approved of a plan that calls for
(1) Explicit, systematic teaching of literacy as the only path.
(...
Approximately 8 million students in grades 4-12 are reading below grade level. Limited literacy skills cause 3,000 students to drop out of high school every day.
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