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Need a two-page short story

by curiositycat

Oct 3, 2011

I have some seventh-grade students who need to do a retake of a quiz on story structure. I need to give them a different story than the one they used the first time--anyone have any suggestions for some two-page short stories other than The Dinner Party and The Stolen Party? Thanks!

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curiositycat Thanks, Teri! I'm not familiar with that one, so I'll have to check it out.

On 10/03/11, Teri wrote: > On 10/03/11, curiositycat wrote: >> I have some seventh-grade students who need to do a retake >> of a quiz on story structure. I need to give them a >> different story than the one they used the first >> time-...See More

Oct 3, 2011

Teri On 10/03/11, curiositycat wrote: > Thanks, Teri! I'm not familiar with that one, so I'll have to > check it out. > > It's a Russian folk tale. It has an old grandfather who eats very messily, break bowls etc. His son gives him a wooden bowl and makes him eat in a corner, or something like that. Later, the grandson is carving a piece of ...See More

Oct 4, 2011

Grammar resource: help me help you

by Gaius

Oct 3, 2011

Hello pedagogues,

I am the webmaster of a grammar site and forum (askgrammaticus.com), and I am looking for your help and advice. One of the primary audiences that I am looking to appeal to is teachers and students of English. This is where you come into the picture.

If you are interested, please visit the site and determine wha...See More

Note taking tools

by Cindy

Oct 5, 2011

What kind of online note taking tools do you use when teaching your student the best way to take notes?

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teach Cornell Method and skip the online crap. They need to learn how to take notes first. Period. THEN they can transfer that skill to a computer.

Oct 18, 2011

teach Cornell Method and skip the online crap. They need to learn how to take notes first. Period. THEN they can transfer that skill to a computer.

Oct 18, 2011

Help: I teach Senior Composition with 35 in a class

by Mitch

Oct 7, 2011

Due to budget cuts, etc. my college prep writing classes have ballooned to 34-35 this year. On top of that, we teach in trimesters, and the extra 20 kids I have over the course of a day is creating 15-20 hours a week more of reading/editing for me.

I assign three major papers of between 3-6 pages and use the writing process in which I see...See More

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question br> > Something else I would recommend is reading Papers, Papers, > Papers by Carol Jago--lots of good tips on cutting down the > time spent reading and scoring papers.

Would you be willing to share some tips from the book before I decide to buy it? Thanks :)

Oct 18, 2011

curiositycat Hi,

I've been trying to locate my copy of the book, but I can't find it at school or at home. I probably loaned it to another teacher. I've used the strategies in the book for a number of years, so I no longer remember which of them were mine originally and which were Carol Jago's. I will say that it is the gift that I always give my stude...See More

Oct 21, 2011

Bibliographic entry for an ebook

by curiositycat

Oct 11, 2011

My seventh graders keep a running bibliography of everything they've read during the semester. Here's a new issue for us: how does one do an entry for an e-book read on some sort of e-reading device?

Thanks!

me I would assume it would be the same as the print version. The ebook should still have a title page with all the pertinent information.

On 10/11/11, curiositycat wrote: > My seventh graders keep a running bibliography of everything > they've read during the semester. Here's a new issue for us: > how does one do an entry for an e-b...See More

Oct 11, 2011

curiositycat I guess I need to be more specific. Obviously one can't put "Print" at the end of the entry, but, according to MLA formatting, the only other option is "Web," which doesn't apply either. I'm tempted to simply have my students put "Ebook" until the MLA comes out with the newest edition of its handbook.

On 10/11/11, me wrote: > I would ...See More

Oct 11, 2011

Common Core Shakespeare and US Documents

by Mark

Oct 12, 2011

Our state is moving to the Common Core Standards next year and we are in meetings trying to decide which Shakespeare plays to teach for each grade level and which US documents to teach. I would like to hear from those of you who have already moved to the Common Core Standards what your district decided.

Texas Write Source

by soccermom2

Oct 12, 2011

We adopted Texas Write Source of our English book this year, however, we have not been able to get online to take advantage of the resources. We have been working on this issue off and on for over 6 weeks. It seems as though all of their technical support team members are in another country where English is limited. We have never been able to talk ...See More

Conceited students

by Marina

Oct 13, 2011

Hello again! This time, I need your help with adult students (aged 35, to be precise). This student of mine is on the intermediate level and he tends to be pretty mean to other members of the group as well as to me in the sense that he presents his knowledge and himself as being better than the others'. It is a fact that he is more confident and fl...See More

Sara On 10/13/11, Marina wrote: > Hello again! This time, I need your help with adult > students (aged 35, to be precise). This student of mine is > on the intermediate level and he tends to be pretty mean to > other members of the group as well as to me in the sense > that he presents his knowledge and himself as being better > than t...See More

Oct 13, 2011

Free plagiarize checkers for both teacher and students

by muse

Oct 18, 2011

This page lists a few resources that may be useful to you. Some of the links are for teachers while some are for students.

Hope the page is of use to someone :) muse

Seeking participants for writing research project

by Brendan Brennan

Oct 19, 2011

Why is New York Times acclaimed author David Maine giving his new fantasy novel away for free?

After all his success he feels it is time to give back. As a result, David has teamed up with curriculum development researchers to create The Avin Project. The goal of the project is to help teachers cultivate the same love of reading in young ...See More

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