Tag: syllabus
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Celebrating Young Adult Literature #Celebratelu
This week, I’m joining the Celebration at Ruth Ayres Writes. This week, I am celebrating all of the wonderful reading and blogging the students in my Adolescent Literature class have ahead of them. They really got started reading and writing in earnest this week. Mackenzie finished Speak, Becca read Kids of Kabul, Kali read The…
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The “Whys” Behind the New Adolescent Lit Syllabus
This is the letter I’m posting to students in Adolescent Literature to explain the philosophy of the course: Most English teachers say their number one goal is to help their students become better readers, but most of our classroom practices don’t reflect that goal. (Think about what you do in your real life as a…
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