To help boys, school creates the poster men for reading | Philadelphia Inquirer | 09/27/2009 http://bit.ly/48prDT # Dealing with controversial reading materials poses challenge for LISD | AVALANCHE-JOURNAL http://bit.ly/FhvkG # Ready? College test time here :: The SouthtownStar :: http://bit.ly/gKN1L…
Category: Personal Journal
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-26
Celebrate Banned Books Week, September 26—October 3 – School Library Journal http://bit.ly/2REutg # Don't read that! — chicagotribune.com http://bit.ly/1oQKtz #censorship #BannedBooks # This school has every department working on writing | The Providence Journal http://bit.ly/1zojXe # The Book Whisperer: Banned…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-25
10 Ways to Support ELLs in the School Library :: ColorÃn Colorado :: http://bit.ly/1vhwvC # Supporting ELLs in the Mainstream K12 Classroom :: ColorÃn Colorado :: http://bit.ly/q8Pen # Libraries celebrate freedom to read :: Post-Tribune http://bit.ly/6NBc5 #censorship #BannedBooksWeek # Holocaust…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-24
RT @levarburton: Attention THE ONION is satirical parody of news events & meant to be enjoyed as such! No I did not write it! Relax, OK? # Anglo-Saxon Treasure Found in Britain – NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/2e8Xcb # What High-School Students Should…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-23
The World's Largest English Department (Teacher Magazine) http://bit.ly/t9r3f — On the English Companion Ning # Don't Click: New Twitter Phishing Scam Targets Users Through DMs http://bit.ly/yy0nr # Google Unveils SideWiki, a Tool to Annotate Web Sites – Bits Blog –…
@newsfromtengrrl for 2009-09-22
Resist the Pedagagogical Far Right – Inside Higher Ed | http://bit.ly/1yOtzv — Put stds, not prestige or politics, at center of higher ed # 'The Trials of Academe' – Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/WDbMp (featuring WILL's Legal Issues in the News…
WFMAD 4: Writing Space
Since I left my job at NCTE to come back to Virginia and take up family obligations, I have learned to write in what used to be a family bedroom. It’s a nice, standard-sized room. Every one of my siblings…
WFMAD 3: Cooking
I have put a bowl of Texmati Rice and water in the microwave to cook. Rice is one of the foods that always soothes and comforts my soul. I should say good rice actually. Give me fragrant Basmati, Texmati, or…
WFMAD 2: Yearbook Picture
Yes, that’s me. Or at least it’s the girl I was a very, very long time ago. I’ve only brought her out of the photo file because of Laurie Halse Anderson’s writing prompt for today: Find a yearbook pic or…
WFMAD 1: Dreams
Classrooms, student conferences, committee meetings. All my subconscious can think about is finding a teaching job–or maybe more accurately, actually having one. I seem to have great students, great classes, a wonderful department. Unfortunately they are only in…