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Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers

Grades   K – 5  |  Professional Library

Using Literature to Enhance Writing Instruction: A Guide for K-5 Teachers

This practical text outlines various ways to enhance and enrich writing instruction through the use of children's literature.

 

Re-envisioning Research

Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library

Re-envisioning Research

Describes a research paper in the author's high school English classroom which connected to the lives and interests of students, who delved into community problems with as much rigor (and using many types of research as traditional essays exploring arcane philosophical questions). Describes creating a context for exploration, and students' final projects.

 

Raymond Carver in the Classroom: “A Small, Good Thing”

Professional Library

Raymond Carver in the Classroom: “A Small, Good Thing”

Rubenstein offers specific, classroom-tested strategies for teaching Raymond Carver's short stories and poems in the high school English classroom.

 

Conversation: The Comprehension Connection

Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library

Conversation: The Comprehension Connection

Conversation provides opportunities for students to practice and use cognitive strategies, and is critical for developing comprehension.

 

Undoing the Great Grammatical Scam

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Undoing the Great Grammatical Scam

Grammar should be taught in the context of students' own writing: "we learn what we actually have the opportunity to practice and do in the real world."