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English Methods Survey

by adean

Oct 24, 2011

My name is Amy Dean and I am a graduate student at Xavier University. Currently I am working on my M.Ed. thesis which focuses on the use of literature circles, student-selected texts, and more contemporary literature in secondary English classrooms. I'm hoping to gain a sense of the attitudes and perceptions of these methods from current and/or fut...See More

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English Methods Survey

by adean

Oct 24, 2011

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Punctuation

by M. A. Palanca

Oct 26, 2011

eriods and commas always are placed inside quotation marks.

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Mark On 10/26/11, M. A. Palanca wrote: > Periods and commas always are placed inside quotation marks.

Except in two instances: - when using parenthetical citation "Elizabeth Bathory killed 625 young women" (Brown 75). - when the word in the quotation mark is a letter or a number I was upset to see that I scored a "D".

Oct 27, 2011

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Great Gatsby

by Denise

Nov 4, 2011

Does any one have a unit on the Great Gatsby? I have not taught it in 10 years. I have ELL, SPED, and regular ed studnts in my class.

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Teri Try going to webenglishteacher dot com.

On 11/04/11, Denise wrote: > Does any one have a unit on the Great Gatsby? I have not > taught it in 10 years. I have ELL, SPED, and regular ed > studnts in my class.

Nov 4, 2011

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Denise On 11/04/11, Teri wrote: > Try going to webenglishteacher dot com. > > On 11/04/11, Denise wrote: >> Does any one have a unit on the Great Gatsby? I have not >> taught it in 10 years. I have ELL, SPED, and regular ed >> studnts in my class. Thanks, Terri... enjoy your weekend

Denis

Nov 4, 2011

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"First time to read it" instead of "reading it"

by Daniel Hanson

Nov 5, 2011

I was chatting online today with a friend from the Philippines who works in Singapore. Anyway, we were looking at a certain blog and he made the comment: “First time to read it” after I asked him if he thought the blog site was any good. I quickly corrected his English, stating that he should have said: “First time reading it” and that it�...See More

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British English and American English are both correct On 11/05/11, Daniel Hanson wrote:

but the Brits come off sounding so much better than we do.

There is no rule. Different languages tend to use different manners of expression. For example, in German the past tense is not used unless one is telling a story. In English, we use past tense often.

Your friend's English was n...See MoreOn 11/05/11, Daniel Hanson wrote:

but the Brits come off sounding so much better than we do.

There is no rule. Different languages tend to use different manners of expression. For example, in German the past tense is not used unless one is telling a story. In English, we use past tense often.

Your friend's English was not incorrect but he was not using the more commonly spoken form of English. For example, it is equally correct to say "I read the newspaper" as it is to say "I am reading the newspaper". Someone saying "I read the newspaper" is not incorrect but in American English we tend to use the continuous verb tense because we have one.

And particularly if your friend is hearing British, Canadian and American English - because those all are different forms of English. For yet another example, why is the UK do they say "I'm going to hospital" and in the States we say "I'm going to the hospital." Who's broken a rule there?

Neither. "It was my first time reading the blog" is American English. "It was my first time to read it" sounds more British.

He's right, you're wrong, he's not wrong but rather he's speaking British English and there's nothing wrong with that. On the whole, the Brits sound much better than we do.

> > Here are two examples he gave me: > ï¿½It's just recently finished. (that's very British) as in "It's just done!" (as in the roast on Christmas)

> ï¿½That was good. It's my first time to eat Turkish cuisine.ï¿½ï¿½ > ï¿½ï¿½This park is so soothing. It's my first time to visit this > park although I live across the streetï¿½ï¿½.

There's nothing wrong with the construction of those sentences. Your intuition as an American native speaker is telling your friend that he has to use American sentence construction instead of the British sentence that he's using.

The Brits tend to use 'actually' at the end of a sentence and Americans put it first. Which is correct?

Actually, both are correct. Both are correct actually.

> > > > Thanks for any help you can give me on this. (All I have to > go on right now is what my intuition as an American native > speaker is telling me.) > Daniel Hanson > High School Spanish Teacher > Atwater, California, USA

Nov 6, 2011

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Best YA Novels for Freshmen?

by New to YA

Nov 6, 2011

A coworker has been chiding me for years about being a "slave to the classics." I'm not opposed to modern YA literature; I'm just not familiar with any of it. This year I have determined to give it a go. I've seen how students in other classes respond (positively) to this material. *I teach low level readers this year.

My coworker has sug...See More

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Also books by Avi or The Outsiders. nfm On 11/30/11, AJ wrote: > On 11/06/11, New to YA wrote: >> A coworker has been chiding me for years about being a >> "slave to the classics." I'm not opposed to modern YA >> literature; I'm just not familiar with any of it. This year >> I have determined to give it a go. I've seen how students >> in other classes res...See More

Dec 24, 2011

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Juan J I suggest Feed by M.T. Anderson, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Un Lun Dun by China Mellville, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, and Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie.

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Literary Term Question

by Mark

Nov 8, 2011

Does anyone know the name of the literary term for treating a novel like it is truth? Dracula is an example since Bram Stoker pretends that he just found the diaries and newspaper clippings and is just presenting them to the reader. Princess of Mars and The Spy Who Love Me are also written this way. Surely there is a term for this.

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Jenna On 11/08/11, Mark wrote: > Does anyone know the name of the literary term for treating > a novel like it is truth? Dracula is an example since Bram > Stoker pretends that he just found the diaries and > newspaper clippings and is just presenting them to the > reader. Princess of Mars and The Spy Who Love Me are also > written this...See More

Nov 8, 2011

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Mark I don't think this is exactly what you mean, but Dracula is an > epistolary novel, which is a novel made up of a collection of > documents (diary entries, newspaper articles, and telegrams in > Dracula's case).

I'm thinking there might be another term for this idea of trying to act as if the story is a true story and the author is...See More

Nov 9, 2011

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by calif english teacher

Nov 10, 2011

Our new principal wants us to consider adopting IB. We are an Early College High School that just started offering limited AP courses. If you are familiar with IB, I would appreciate comments about its effectiveness, especially in dealing with a low-income, Hispanic population. Also, were you able to offer electives like newspaper and yearbook? If ...See More

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Culture

by Bill Goble

Nov 13, 2011

Why don't English classes concentrate more on English culture than language? I have asked the opposite of Spanish teachers and have not received a satisfactory answer.Thank you.

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Lit Teacher On 11/13/11, Bill Goble wrote: > Why don't English classes concentrate more on English > culture than language? I have asked the opposite of Spanish > teachers and have not received a satisfactory answer.Thank > you.

Are you speaking of English as a new language? We don't concentrate on English culture in English/Language Arts ...See More

Nov 13, 2011

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marjoryt In my English Comp. 1 course, I'm handling: critical reading critical thinking library skills research skills MLA format essay composition grammar higher level MSWord study skills test skills

I struggle to add: classroom speaking skills journaling proofreading history of the English language vocabulary development

Nov 25, 2011

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Mice and Men

by Maria/MI

Nov 20, 2011

Greetings,

My Mice and Men unit seems pretty dull compared to others I teach. Any projects or activities you especially like for it?

Thanks in advance,

Maria

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Jen On 11/20/11, Maria/MI wrote: > Greetings, > > My Mice and Men unit seems pretty dull compared to others I > teach. Any projects or activities you especially like for > it? > > Thanks in advance, > > Maria

I teach Of Mice and Men to my Adv. 8th graders, and I have them analyze the book through different approaches...See More

Dec 2, 2011

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