The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox ties to several censorship stories in the news. A little quote from the intro to the section: Censorship is in the news this week — from the accusation of “absolute vile and gratuitous…
Category: NCTE Inbox
Today’s Inbox with the Ideas section on Harry Potter is live now. I’m sure there will be excitement. I know that people were queuing up at midnight last night to read it, but they just had to wait. I spent…
Placing a Premium on Writing Skills
This week’s Ideas section in NCTE’s Inbox connects to the latest report from the National Commission on Writing. The Ideas focus on “Placing a Premium on Writing Skills” and discuss writer’s workshop as authentic writing instruction. It includes links to…
Stories behind Historical Documents
This week’s Ideas section in NCTE’s Inbox takes advantage of Independence Day (because that was the easiest thing to do). It focuses on “Looking for the Stories behind Historical Documents.” I’m still not sure what is causing the blogger template…
Composing with Words and Images
This week’s Ideas section from NCTE’s Inbox focuses on “Composing with Words and Images” and connects to a couple of news articles on electronic texts. The section includes two ReadWriteThink, Diane George’s CCC article on visual communication, and Mary Hock’s…
Audiobooks Are Reading
This week, I took my inspiration for this week’s Ideas section of the Inbox from a NY Times article on audiobooks. I managed to work in some links to articles on using video, audio, and other media with students toward…
Spelling Inbox
Wrote the Ideas section for this week’s Inbox on spelling, to take advantage of the National Spelling Bee, which will begin next week. Tags: English language arts | K12 instruction | NCTE Inbox | spelling
Encouraging Guys to Read
Wrote the Ideas section for this week’s Inbox on encouraging guys to read, which ties to Jon Scieszka’s “Guys Read” interview on NPR. Tags: English language arts | K12 instruction | NCTE Inbox | reading | ReadWriteThink
Shakespeare Resources
This week’s Inbox is live, in which the Ideas section (which I write) points to K–college resources for teaching drama/Shakespeare, in celebration of the bard’s birthday this coming Saturday.