Resources and Downloads for Teaching Critical Thinking. Tips for downloading: PDF files can be viewed on a wide variety of platforms -- both as a browser plug-in or a stand-alone application -- with Adobe's free Acrobat Reader program.
Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Reader. Click on any title link below to view or download that file. Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional. Eric Carle's bright, beloved children's classic about an insatiable caterpillar has been collecting awards—and fans—since it was first published in 1969.
Here are a few things you might not know about The Very Hungry Caterpillar. 1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's bright colors contrast a dark period in Eric Carle's childhood. Critical Reading of an Essay's Argument. Critical Reading of An Essay's Argument: Some logicians call it "critical reading.
" Others call it "close reading," or "active reading," or a host of other terms. All these labels refer to the same general process. This website attempts to define more clearly what it is, and to outline a strategy for it. Aphoristic advice from famous writers for would-be writers [15 pictures] Visible Thinking Routines for Blogging Our school‘s fabulous PE teacher, Claire Arcenas, is bringing blogging to her PE classes.
She is incorporating Visual Thinking Routines to help her students become reflective commenters. In a recent planning session, she reminded me of the book Making Thinking Visible by Ron Ritchard, Mark Church, and Karin Morrison, that I had download but not read yet. We then started diving into the core routines outlined on Visible Thinking from Harvard University. Slow Writing. Using Google Docs for Rubrics. The Passion of Flannery O’Connor - James Parker.
A prayer journal kept by the writer in her early 20s sheds new light on her biblical ironies.
Kevin Christy How was the crowd at the Sermon on the Mount? When the son of God did stand-up for the multitudes, were there hecklers? The Bible, in its reader-unfriendly way, disdains to tell us. PARCCGlossary_7-01-13.pdf. How_to_argue_with_studies1. Reading & Reacting: 10 Ways Literacy Narratives Will Rock Your World (or at least your writing classroom) By Deanna Mascle @ Metawriting It is not often that I respond to posts from individual blogs, usually opting for more mainstream, published current educational fair instead.
In an effort to branch out a bit more and look for some more positive material, I love this piece about literacy narratives. Anyone not checking on Deanna Mascle’s Metawriting should consider dropping by from time to time – good stuff. In this post, she glowingly praises the benefits of the literacy narrative as a writing task. She articulates a compelling list of why they should be considered. Literacy narratives are powerful tools that can help students learn about themselves as literate people, as both consumers and producers of the written word in all its forms, and as such provides a key intervention tool for students struggling with literacy demons. Non-fiction - gaby's books. Masterpiece_film_in_the_classroom. In Common: Effective Writing for All Students. What this is: Hundreds of samples of Common Core-aligned student work from K-12 classrooms around the country.
Why it matters: The shifts require that teachers gain fluency in identifying Common Core-aligned writing techniques at every grade level. In Common provides a range of examples of Common Core-aligned student work, drawn directly from K-12 classrooms across the country. These student writing samples demonstrate how a student’s writing skills can progress as they gain fluency across the three major types of Common Core writing: argument/opinion writing, informative/explanatory writing, and narrative writing.
The List: Top 10 Romeo and Juliet screen adaptations. Read 12 Short Stories From Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Alice Munro Free Online. Calling her a “master of the contemporary short story,” the Swedish Academy awarded 82-year-old Alice Munro the Nobel Prize in Literature today.
It is well-deserved, and hard-earned (and comes not long after she announced her retirement from fiction). After 14 story collections, Munro has reached at least a couple generations of writers with her psychologically subtle stories about ordinary men and women in Huron County, Ontario, her birthplace and home. Only the 13th woman writer to win the Nobel, Munro has previously won the Man Booker Prize in 2009, the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction in Canada three times (1968, 1978, and 1986), and two O. Henry Awards (2006 and 2008).
RAFTing with Raptors: Connecting Science, English Language Arts, and the Common Core State Standards. By: Gary J.
Senn, Deborah H. McMurtrie, & Bridget K. Coleman Forty-five states and three territories have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and most states are now in the process of implementing them (CCSS Initiative, 2012). Potential government shutdown: How would the U.S. media report on it if it were happening to another country? Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images This is the first installment of “If It Happened There,” a regular feature in which American events are described using the tropes and tone normally employed by the American media to describe events in other countries.
WASHINGTON, United States—The typical signs of state failure aren’t evident on the streets of this sleepy capital city. Beret-wearing colonels have not yet taken to the airwaves to declare martial law. Money-changers are not yet buying stacks of useless greenbacks on the street. But the pleasant autumn weather disguises a government teetering on the brink. In Search of Shakespeare . Comparing Film Adaptations.
Introduction The late twentieth century marked a resurgence of Shakespeare on film. Directors and actors with styles as diverse as Kenneth Branagh, Baz Luhrmann and Mel Gibson strove to popularize "Hamlet" on the big screen, and students became used to seeing adaptations of Shakespeare arrive at their local Cineplex. The tradition in teaching has been to review the play by showing the entire movie. Viewing clips of the same Shakespeare scene in different film versions offers students the opportunity to engage in close critical analysis and to compare interpretations and visual styles.
Assessment and the Common Core standards. Posted by Lauren Hill on Tuesday, 08/21/2012 Lauren Hill shares strategies AP teachers have used for years that align with Common Core, along with formative assessment ideas. When my state (Kentucky) adopted the ELA Common Core State Standards (CCSS), AP English Language and Composition teachers escaped many of the anxieties—and much of the extra work—that typically accompany the arrival of new standards. Text complexity? 'The Scarlet Letter' and 'Sexism and the Single Murderess' This week we’re introducing a new lesson plan format we’re calling Text to Text.
In each lesson, we match a Times article, past or present, with often-taught literary, cultural, historical, scientific or mathematical material. Read more about the format, and consider submitting your own ideas. On Tuesday, we published a Text to Text for social studies teachers, and we followed it on Wednesday with one for science teachers. We plan to publish at least one a month, and you can find them all by clicking Text to Text. ‘The Scarlet Letter’ and ‘Sexism and the Single Murderess’ Making Evidence-Based Claims Unit Grade 9: Plato - Odell Education. This unit develops students’ abilities to make evidence-based claims through activities based on a close reading of an excerpted text from Plato’s Apology. UPDATE: September 2, 2013. Odell Education is excited to announce the release of a very special update. We commissioned an original translation of the excerpted Apology by Professor Peter Heinegg from Union College, Schenectady, NY.
It is an honor to work with Professor Heinegg’s wonderful translation. Enjoy! What Shakespeare Plays Originally Sounded Like. Old English Demonstrated By British College Students Using Famous Movie Scenes. e1691_HB_SSRJ_web. Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies. Chickens, Clouds and the View Outside Your Window. Photo. Writing Fiction Based on Real Science. Overview | What can you learn about science from fiction? What can you learn about the elements of fiction from stories about the work of real scientists?
In this lesson, students learn about the genre of “lab lit,” then choose from a number of activities to explore an area of science through reading and writing lab lit. Materials | Computers with Internet access. 30 Indispensable Writing Tips From Famous Authors. Common Core requires publishing. Technology makes that happen. 12b_6719_AP_AI_English_CM_WEB_130605. Strategies for Student Centered Discussion - High School English Lesson.
The Great Gatsby: Teaching activities that make the most of what the critics hated - TES English - Blog - TES English. 'The Great Fratsby' Is The 'Gatsby' Spoof That's Perfect For College. Luhrmann's 'Gatsby' Summer reading Passports Rooted in Reading. Tracing Project « ENGL 300: The Graphic Novel. 26 Indispensable Writing Tips From Famous Authors. Grammar and the Common Core. I hear the same two comments at English-language arts conferences all the time: 1.
Language Arts. Object(ive) Writing: A Creative Exercise for the Composition Classroom. At the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication, three well-known writing scholars led a discussion on a writing exercise they'd assigned themselves. For 30 days, each wrote for an hour about a different everyday object.