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The book: Running Out of Time

by mercutio

Aug 11, 2010

Does anyone have or know of good resources for the book Running Out of Time? So far, I have not found a lot of stuff other than crossword puzzles.

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Mae in Texas I've seen some things on Teachers Pay Teachers. I read the book aloud or use it for a book club book. You can do a lot of compare / contrast now / then. Lots of inferences as well. I mainly use oral discussion. The book is such a page turner I hate to load it down with "stuff". The kids just want to read it book. Mae

Aug 12, 2010

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plays/skits

by Monica Dickinson

Aug 12, 2010

I am looking for the name of a type of play or skit where one person reads the story to a pause and others act out as the reader describes up to the pause, but when the reader goes on the actors have already made mistakes. ie: 'she aimed at his heart and shot' the actor clutches his chest and falls, then the reader continues, 'but she misses' These...See More

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reading in literature class

by S.S.

Aug 13, 2010

New to my school. Hired to teach 7th and 8th LA combination writing and literature. Administrator says that lit class should not have any silent reading - this should be done at home - it's a waste of teacher time for teacher to be in the room while students are reading. How do I handle this? Also, students have a mandatory 15 minutes of siilent re...See More

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Mae in Texas It sounds like your admin doesn't know the first thing about teaching reading. Give your admin a copy of Teaching in the Middle by Atwell and The Book Whisperer by Miller. Mae

On 8/13/10, Sheila wrote: > > Take a look at this site about > SSR.[link removed].

Aug 15, 2010

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Sara we've had some trouble with SSR and DROP and read in school programs - sometimes it becomes difficult to enforce and some kids either just Hate to read or really Don't want to read in school. I don't do silent reading in my LA classes - I'm having trouble seeing the class as purely 'teacher driven' just because we don't do silent reading in class. ...See Morewe've had some trouble with SSR and DROP and read in school programs - sometimes it becomes difficult to enforce and some kids either just Hate to read or really Don't want to read in school. I don't do silent reading in my LA classes - I'm having trouble seeing the class as purely 'teacher driven' just because we don't do silent reading in class. If you tell kids to read, that's 'teacher driven' isn't it?

I wouldn't say 'it's a waste of time' to have kids reading in class - reading isn't a waste of time. Perhaps what he meant was that there are other good uses of class time as well as reading.

I encourage -strongly - outside reading - that develops habits of life-long reading and perhaps just as much as devoting 15 minutes of class time every day to reading. I don't like to read in school by the way. I'm a 'curl up with a book' person - there's little curl up space in my classroom. Many readers don't like to read sitting in the hard chairs we provide in school - they like to flop down, lie down, sit in a comfortable chair to read.

In any case, I wouldn't worry that you're not encouraging life-long reading habits just because you can't let them read silently in school. Have them do a weekly discussion of what they're reading. Invite them to share when they begin a new book. Keep a 'reading wall' of what they're reading and put what you're reading on the wall as well. Add the pages of what they've read all together and see how high the number gets. There are many things to do that can foster and encourage life long reading habits other than just reading silently in school.

Have them read poetry aloud to each other - have a poetry cafe. Have them write short short stories and read those aloud. Listen to poetry and short stories on tape.

I think you'll have a great year even without in class silent reading. > New to my school. Hired to teach 7th and 8th LA combination > writing and literature. Administrator says that lit class > should not have any silent reading - this should be done at > home - it's a waste of teacher time for teacher to be in > the room while students are reading. How do I handle this? > Also, students have a mandatory 15 minutes of siilent > reading school-wide. This is not supposed to be student > choice material, but rather connected to the curriculum. > How can I help students develop life-long reading habits if > their only in-school experience with reading is teacher > driven? Also, if anyone knows of any sources that support > the need for daily reading as an aid to reading improvement > or intelluctual gain, please pass this on as well. Thanks

Sep 3, 2010

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Newbery Book Club??

by Carrie

Aug 15, 2010

I want to create a "club" that will encourage students in Middle School to read the Newbery Medal books.

The problem is, I don't know how to set it up. The reading will be on their own, but I'd like to present awards or incentives for doing this. We have an awards ceremony at the end of the year as well so something could be tied into tha...See More

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Gwyn Why not create some sort of punch card/bookmark for the Newberry books. Everytime they read one, they write a book summary (doesn't have to be long; you could even use a form that asks for the main details, i.e. plot, characters, setting). When they turn in the book summary, you punch their card/bookmark. After they have read X number of books, the...See More

Aug 15, 2010

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arizonataylor I like your idea. The problem I had was that students were reading books that were simply way below their ability level. Then, they would take their Accelerated Reader test and ace it every time. This sounds great, but I found that my students weren't growing, because they weren't reading challenging material. When I went to find a list of grade le...See More

Sep 18, 2010

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Short stories

by Marina De Marchi

Aug 16, 2010

Does anyone know of websites that can help prepare the study of short stories with students. Like a guide to the text??I need this for short stories (I am teaching a world lit course for the first time)...

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Side Job Teachers Travel Rep Job Opportunity!

by Gabriele

Aug 18, 2010

Hello from Italy Europe Tours! If you are a retired teacher or just a person who wants to get a wonderful side job here is the chance to travel, meeting new persons and get an extra income. We are looking for an honest person to reresent our company in marketing our travel products to Europe. Students travel is our main business and we are looking ...See More

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kids book review

by paul amdahl

Aug 20, 2010

I am looking for kids that would be willing to read one of my books and then post a short review on Amazon. My first book "The Barefoot Fisherman; a fishing book for kids" did pretty well, three printings and was reviewed everywhere from Boys Life to Homeschool Mom. The book I would like to generate some feedback on is a novel titled "Vince's Works...See More

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Literature, Reading

by Andrea

Aug 23, 2010

I have a small area left for a bulletin board and I will be starting the year with the novel The Cay. Does anyone have any ideas for a small bulletin board for this novel. This will be in a 6th grade classroom.

Thank you!

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certifiedteach Why not put up a world map with the place where the story is set circled, and the route traveled pointed out. You could also include actual facts about the geographical location, maybe pics from the internet, etc, and to make it interactive, you could have a rotating batch of "trivia" type questions about the story, author, or related subjects like...See More

Aug 26, 2010

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Free Class sets of Novels from Ayn Rand Institute

by Jason Eriksen

Sep 10, 2010

Hello High School Literature Teachers:

I just wanted to let you know that the Ayn Rand Institute offers free classroom sets of Ayn Rand's novels Anthem, We the Living, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged for teachers who teach the books to their students. In addition we offer free teaching guides and materials to help you prepare lesson p...See More

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Warning By giving away free books, they are hoping that teachers will require students to read her novels. She was a self-proclaimed atheist and is hoping to indoctrinate young readers with her atheistic propaganda. I'm no bible thumping teacher, but I do think parents & teachers alike should understand that they are selling out by getting free copies ...See More

Nov 27, 2010

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JUST ASSIGNED 8TH GRADE!

by Nancy B

Sep 11, 2010

I have just been assigned the 8th grade (after having been laid off) and now must find quizzes for the summer reading books they had been assigned. No time to read all the books. Can someone recommend a good, reliable, free website or two? Thanks so much.

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LA 6 Book Adventure has free quizzes but most of the books are below grade 8. There isn't a website that I know of with many quizzes for middle school. Google each book you have separately and hope some teacher posted a quiz. On 9/11/10, Nancy B wrote: > They did book reports--all plagiarized from the internet, etc. > The parts they wrote were in ...See More

Sep 12, 2010

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Lit Teacher On 9/11/10, Nancy B wrote: > I have just been assigned the 8th grade (after having been > laid off) and now must find quizzes for the summer reading > books they had been assigned. No time to read all the > books. Can someone recommend a good, reliable, free website > or two? Thanks so much.

I agree - forget the quizzes - al...See More

Oct 4, 2010

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