01+Teaching+Texts

Post resources related to teaching print and non-print texts (fiction and non-fiction) on this page. Include your name and a brief description of your material(s).

This lesson addresses internal/ external conflict and various forms of poetry through creating an art piece, taking part in a gallery walk, and analyzing and interpreting various text and visual symbolism.
 * Virgina Goen:** Poetry Boxes

This is a general format for a body biography lesson plan. I use this with multiple texts and various levels of students. This is not just for English. I also use this in my AVID class.
 * Virginia Goen:** Body Biography

[|www.neabigread.org/books] This website is great for more reasons than one! Students can participate in the Big Read campaign as an extra curricular activity but teachers can also use the website's archives to generate their own units. They have 36 different novels on their website - ranging from Call of the Wild to The Joy Luck Club - each containing unit specifics such as lesson plans, audio recordings, supplemental materials, essay topics, and more! I've used this resource in building a unit for my remedial Sophomores because the articles tied to the unit were of a lower reading level and were tailoring specifically to the text for easier comprehension.
 * Allie Ijams:** Building Units Using "The Big Read"

http://www.literacyta.com/common-core-standards/reading During my KPTP unit I had some difficulties designing in- class activities that addressed specific Common Core Standards. While searching for ideas for activities on the internet I came across this website that has a list of all the Common Core Standards, and different activities that address each one. The kids really responded well whenever I implemented one of these activities in the classroom, either as bell work or as a follow-up activity, and I would recommend this website to anyone looking for <span style="background-color: transparent !important; border-image: none !important; border: currentColor !important; display: inline-block !important; float: none !important; font-size-adjust: none !important; font-stretch: normal !important; font: 13px/19.5px arial,helvetica,sans-serif !important; height: auto !important; margin: 0px !important; min-height: 0px !important; min-width: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline !important; width: auto !important;"> for activities in the way of English/Language Arts**.**
 * Jarod Regier:** Teaching Reading According to the Common Core Standards

http://www.planetebook.com/ http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/jimspdf.htm One of the easiest ways, I've found, that we as English teachers can enhance instruction, especially with regard to reading, is to provide our students with digital versions of texts. Unfortunately, with so many websites, it can be difficult to determine which websites are worth utilizing in the classroom, and which will actually help in increasing student engagement. For those of us who teach texts who are in the free domain, however, here are two websites I have found that have hundreds of PDFs of texts available, all of which are free of charge, and can be easily downloaded onto students laptops or other electronic devices.
 * Jarod Regier:** Using Digital Texts in the Classrooms

The Folger Shakespeare Library Since all of us will have to teach Shakespeare at some point, this is a great resource because it contains effective and accessible techniques for teaching Shakespeare through performance and engaging students  in Shakespeare's language and plays. It also includes day-by-day teaching strategies that immerse and engage students of every level in the language and the plays themselves. There are three volumes in this series and it includes activities and techniques for the following plays: // Romeo and Juliet , Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Henry IV Part 1, Twelfth Night , and Othello.//
 * Emily Tanner:** //Shakespeare Set Free// Series by the Folger Shakespeare Library

We know the Common Core Standards, but what do we do with them? This book is a great resource for activities and ideas that will help you tie in to common core and get your kids thinking and moving!
 * Lauren Curley:** //The Core  Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core// by Dewing, Perini, and Silver


 * Emily Tanner:** //Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art // by Scott McCloud  is a great resource for those of us who want to teach graphic novels but are amateur comic book readers ourselves.

"A comic book about comic books  . McCloud, in an incredibly accessible style, explains the details of how comics work: how they're composed, read and understood. More than just a book about comics, this gets to the heart of how we deal with visual languages in general. 'The potential of comics is limitless and exciting!' writes McCloud. This should be  required reading  for every  school teacher  . Pulitzer Prize-winner [|Art Spiegelman]  says, 'The most intelligent comics I've seen in a long time.'" //Amazon.com// Review


 * Meghan Ortiz:** Gay YA Lit An amazing resource for stocking your classroom bookshelf.

The boy in the stripped Pajamas full lesson plan  with activities.
 * Kelly Connelly: Lessons for //The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  //**

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We have special conference pricing for pre-service teachers, the 2 day conference is $40 and the 1 day conference price is $20. I think it would be great to get a few people to go to it from WSU and since it is at the beginning of April in the middle of the week we can drive up for one day or rent somewhere for two nights. It's only 20 dollars for one person for pre-service teachers.

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 * Tiffany Vincent:** I have linked to my blog, where I discuss one of my latest assignments. I got the idea for this assignment from another Wiki post this semester (go, Michael!). I've attached the handouts I used, too!

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 * Amanda Hays:** This link will take you to Web English Teacher. This site has a whole bunch of lesson ideas for classic literature, poetry, and grammar. It is worth taking a quick look! Enjoy!

[|Web English Teacher]