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The Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students
April 28, 2015
By Michele Dunaway
Topic : Language artsTeachers at WorkA column about teachingThe Enduring Impact of English Teachers on Students April 28, 2015 By Michele Dunaway![]() Article Topics:Teachers at WorkA column about teachingThe Art of Subterfuge: Using Pop Culture to Create Interest in the Classics December 5, 2014 By Michele Dunaway
Teachers, let's be honest. Most kids these days are more interested in the watching the latest video, writing a text, checking their social media or sending a Snapchat than they are digging into Mark Twain's Huck Finn (there's a movie for that).
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Earlier this month, the Times Higher Education reported on the practice of "Roget-ing," in which plagiarism is disguised by swapping synonyms found in Roget's Thesaurus for words used in the copied paper. Though untraceable, the resulting language ranges from not quite right to cataclysmically horrible.
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Article Topics:WordshopVocab activities for your classroomCommon at the Core: The Shared Vocabulary of State Standards for Language Arts July 31, 2014 By Georgia Scurletis
There has been a lot of hubbub over the last few months about states defecting from the original group of 45 states that had adopted the Common Core State Standards. But how different are the state standards that have diverged from the Common Core when it comes to the teaching of vocabulary?
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Article Topics:WordshopVocab activities for your classroomThe Real News About the Redesigned SAT April 16, 2014 By Georgia Scurletis
Ever since College Board President David Coleman announced that the redesigned SAT would replace its testing of more obscure words such as mendacious or treacly with the analysis of more frequent, multiple-meaning words in context, educators have been fretting about what this may mean for the study of vocabulary and for the precision of the next generation of American students' English in general.
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Article Topics:Teachers at WorkA column about teachingThe Problem with Punctuation: Some Classroom Findings March 14, 2014 By Michele Dunaway
In a previous column, "The Problem with Punctuation," I told you I'd report back my findings on teaching grammar and punctuation a little differently. Now I have some findings and thoughts I can share.
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Article Topics:WordshopVocab activities for your classroomThe Vocabulary of Test Directions March 6, 2014 By Georgia Scurletis
Jim Burke's The English Teacher's Companion includes a list of 358 academic vocabulary words culled from a survey of textbooks, assignments, standards, and examinations. Although the term academic vocabulary means different things to different educators, I like to think of Burke's use of the term as representing the vocabulary of directions.
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