Category: NCTE Inbox

The Ideas section for today’s Inbox focused on Supporting and Exploring Diversity. The articles and lesson plans discuss ways to talk about family histories and culture. The pieces could be done at the holidays—or any time. Finished up Onomatopoeia: A…

The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox tied to Resolution on Supporting School and Community Libraries, passed at the Annual Convention in Pittsburgh a couple weeks ago. The collection of lesson plans and articles focuses on Building an Independent Reading…

Best Books (Inbox Ideas)

The Ideas Section for this week’s Inbox focused on Best Books, pointing to award winners that have been recently announced at NCTE’s Annual Convention and books that have been recently reviewed in NCTE publications. Tags: English language arts | K12…

The Gettysburg Address (Inbox Ideas)

The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox focuses on The Gettysburg Address. Okay, I know. It probably seems like a stretch to some of you, but in actuality, it worked out fairly well. The entry includes some information on primary…

Writing Process Strategies (Inbox Ideas)

The Ideas section for today’s Inbox focused on modeling and exploring writing process strategies. It’s full of lesson plans for K-12, and a couple of articles for college. I also finished editing and published Susan Spangler’s lesson on pop culture.…

Native American Heritage (Inbox Ideas)

The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox focuses on Native American Heritage, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. The section links to the related ReadWriteThink calendar entry, which includes several relevant lesson plans. The first of the month also…

The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox focuses on Spooky Resources for Halloween and Dias de los Muertos. The piece includes several lesson plans and two journal articles. Tags: English language arts | lesson plans | NCTE Inbox

The Ideas column for this week’s Inbox focuses on pieces that tie to speakers who will be at NCTE’s Annual Convention in Pittsburgh. Spent today setting up the new ReadWriteThink calendar entries for FY06. In the past, we’ve gone month…