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Standard Operating Procedure
On Sunday, we went to see Standard Operating Procedure, Errol Morris’ film that’s kind of about Abu Ghraib, but really about how we read photographs of Abu Ghraib. I’m not a film cri… more →
disposable reading
Back to Basics
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vizu8lize wrote 2 months ago: Here’s something that should have been said first. The bible is the first source you should go … more →
Not an Abstraction...
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ytaylor wrote 1 year ago: “One feels, in our day, how little there is of simple reading of the Divine Word, and simple u … more →
Using will power in habits
kycee wrote 1 year ago: Forming a new habit or breaking an old habit will need you to call in your will power. This power … more →
Critical Reading: Book Clubs
aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: This past year I started encouraging weekly book clubs in my classroom. I learned strategi … more →
Unit of Study Ideas: Interpretation
aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: Here are the basic frameworks of a unit of study that I recently developed. I feel that this unit is … more →
Examining Multiliteracies
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aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: Taking a Look at Multiliteracies in My Own Life Task Task 1: Going out to dinner Task 2: Reorganizin … more →
Response to “Trash” Readings, 6/2/08
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aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: Overall, I was fascinated and at the same time horrified by the excerpts from Trash. I found Dorothy … more →
A Curricular Analysis: Examining Shades of Meaning by Donna Santman
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aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: I decided to read and analyze Donna Santman’s Shades of Meaning because the material … more →
Taky la Penguinita
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mjv2116 wrote 1 year ago: I happened to pick up a children’s story that was translated into Spanish about Tacky the Peng … more →
Developing a Plan of Action to Promote the Acknowledgement of Different Discourses
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aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: If I were to design a unit with the hopes of developing critical reading skills in my stud … more →
Response to "The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write," by Anne Haas Dyson
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mjv2116 wrote 1 year ago: Concerning the group dynamics and completion of the project, it was generally accepted that we felt … more →
Wanting to Read
aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: When it comes to books of personal interest, my students DIVE into reading. Recently, they wrote to … more →
The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write: Popular Literacies in Childhood and School Cultures, by Anne Haas Dyson
aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: Setting the Scene: The Classroom Environment Rita encouraged her students to engage in a collaborati … more →
The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write, Anne Haas Dyson
mjv2116 wrote 1 year ago: Dyson spoke with: · Parents · Miss Rita, the teacher · Representatives of KMEL, … more →
Examining Mainstream and Alternative Discourses
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aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: Catherine Compton-Lilly carefully researches the discourses of a handful of urban studen … more →
Examining Cynthia Ballenger's Work
aimeebou wrote 1 year ago: I had initially planned to respond to “Meanest Woman Ever Left Tennessee,” in Dorothy Alli … more →
Critical Reading of a Television Commercial
mjv2116 wrote 1 year ago: “City folks just don’t get it” -Farmersonly.com As part of the Extra Innings Baseb … more →
"Challenging Venerable Assumptions: Literacy Instruction for Liguistically Different Students," Maria de la Luz Reyes
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mjv2116 wrote 1 year ago: Just a thought. An article (that I cannot find anywhere!) in the Onion basically read like this: Leg … more →
Teaching Other People's Children, Cynthia Ballenger
mjv2116 wrote 1 year ago: This literature generally took the attitude that children will learn unless impeded from learning. … more →
