English teachers

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  Best modern middle school books
  Created by asorrell on Jun 27, 2008.
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  Essay Lab
  Created by blazedale on Jun 19, 2008.
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  Teaching honors English, part 2
  Created by linda-allen on Jun 3, 2008.
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  Who would you like to meet?
  Created by linda-allen on Jun 3, 2008.
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  Literary Word of the Week (New contest from eNotes)
  Created by blazedale on May 28, 2008.
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  teaching honors English
  Created by linda-allen on May 7, 2008.
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  animal symbolism/ totem animals
  Created by amethystrose on May 2, 2008.
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  Is the teaching of vocabulary unconnected to a text useful?
  Created by jilllessa on Apr 28, 2008.
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  End of Year Assessments
  Created by amethystrose on Apr 28, 2008.
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  That thumping sound you hear...
  Created by linda-allen on Apr 24, 2008.

Newest Posts

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  How about the Artemis Fowl and Harry Potter series?  I taught middle school with the gifted...
  Posted by amy-lepore on Jun 28, 2008.
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  Just wondering for any of you who teach middle school, what recent books you're using in your...
  Posted by asorrell on Jun 27, 2008.
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  The best advice that I have gotten about writing is "revise, revise, and revise some...
  Posted by lequam on Jun 26, 2008.
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  Prewriting is the key!  In addition, it is important that the kids choose topics that thrill...
  Posted by amy-lepore on Jun 26, 2008.
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  I personally think roots, prefixes and suffixes are a wonderful vocabulary tool.  It rather goes...
  Posted by amy-lepore on Jun 26, 2008.
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  In reply to #9:Those "little orange books" are, I think, the Sadlier-Oxford series, but...
  Posted by cybil on Jun 26, 2008.
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  In reply to #10: Of course not!  That is what it is there for!  I actually had one class clear...
  Posted by jsmckenna on Jun 25, 2008.
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  In reply to #5: This is a great idea. Mind if I steal it for my classes? I may even use a similar...
  Posted by linda-allen on Jun 24, 2008.
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  In reply to #6: Which Vocabulary Workshop books do you use? I have a set of 7th and 8th grade...
  Posted by linda-allen on Jun 24, 2008.
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  In reply to #7: The first year of the contest is a little labor-intensive since you have to set...
  Posted by jsmckenna on Jun 24, 2008.
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  In reply to #5: Sounds very interesting. How long would you say the set-up time is in hours?
  Posted by scott-locklear on Jun 24, 2008.
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  For my middle school classes, we are required to teach Word Within a Word.  It's all roots.  I...
  Posted by asorrell on Jun 24, 2008.
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  For a living author, probably Frank McCourt.  He has had such an interesting life and has...
  Posted by asorrell on Jun 24, 2008.
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  Jsmckenna, I love your prewriting ideas.  I'm a journalism teacher too, so I like the ideas of...
  Posted by asorrell on Jun 24, 2008.
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  This will be helpful.  In Kentucky, all seniors must write and submit a minimum of four pieces...
  Posted by amy-lepore on Jun 24, 2008.