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Mary E. Shea
| Name | Mary E. Shea |
| Location | Lockport, New York |
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"ReadWriteThink.org offers a wealth of ideas for meaningful lessons and learning across content areas. Professional sharing like this enriches all the classrooms it touches."
Mary Shea is associate professor and director of graduate literacy programs at Canisius College. She currently teaches graduate literacy courses, and has taught regular and special education classes at several grade levels. She has been a school-level literacy specialist and district-level language arts coordinator. Mary has published Taking Running Records (Scholastic, 2000) and presents workshops and staff development programs at local, regional, state, and national conferences.
Mary is a member and past president of the Niagara Frontier Reading Council, a member and past secretary of the New York State Reading Association, and a member of the International Reading Association.
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Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Giving Voice to Child Laborers Through Monologues
Students present monologues in the "voice" of someone involved in child labor in England, respond to questions, and then discuss contemporary child laborers and compare them to the past.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Students select, read about, and report on a hero and then identify how their hero matches certain criteria and characteristics. Hero reports are then compiled into a class book.
