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Modern Classics: Great Books Make Great Movies
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006. Great Books Make Great Movies. I've always been a huge fan of movies based on my favorite y.a. books - and traditionally, the movie's stay true to the book, but make it readily available to a wider audience. Following in the footsteps of widely popular y.a. books-turned-movies 'Harry Potter', 'The Chronicles of Narnia', and 'Stuart Little', 'Charlotte's Web' bring's E.B. White's classic story of a loveable pig to the big screen. Wednesday, December 13, 2006.
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Modern Classics: September 2006
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Sunday, September 24, 2006. Pop Fiction" vs. The Classics. True, some classics are required by school districts, but, increasingly, I see teachers making substitutions. In a time when some of my colleagues are turning away from the classics and assigning pop fiction novels, because they're easier to read and kids like them, this Steinbeck novel led me to reflect on the advantages of "plowing through" a classic work with students. Why wouldn't kids be more interested in "pop fiction"? So, when my juniors ...
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SeX, dRuGs, & RoCk-n-RolL: Students Teach the Teacher
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SeX, dRuGs, and RoCk-n-RolL. Using YA literature and new, unique teaching approaches to reach at-risk students. Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Students Teach the Teacher. Most poignant of all was one girl's response. During the test she raised her hand and called me over to take issue with the question. She was hunched over in her desk, sniffling with one of her frequent colds, bundled in the same torn clothes she wears every other day. By keeping the lessons that McSpadden learns over and over again every ...
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SeX, dRuGs, & RoCk-n-RolL: Graphic Novels for Graphic Teens
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SeX, dRuGs, and RoCk-n-RolL. Using YA literature and new, unique teaching approaches to reach at-risk students. Wednesday, November 15, 2006. Graphic Novels for Graphic Teens. Graphic novels can be. When Amy Crump took over as director of the Marshall Public Library in central Missouri two years ago, she decided to build up the library’s offerings for young adults by buying the literary world’s hot new thing graphic novels. Some people find graphical depictions of things more offensive than text, said Ca...
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SeX, dRuGs, & RoCk-n-RolL: Community Service
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SeX, dRuGs, and RoCk-n-RolL. Using YA literature and new, unique teaching approaches to reach at-risk students. Tuesday, November 14, 2006. T-risk kids have a reputation for being troublesome and in and out of the judicial system. While the idea of community service is typically tied to probation for these kids, I think taking it on in education could be even more beneficial, like I found in this post on the International Association for Learning Alternatives’ (IALA) blog. And the full 121 page report,.
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SeX, dRuGs, & RoCk-n-RolL: Benefits of Workshop
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SeX, dRuGs, and RoCk-n-RolL. Using YA literature and new, unique teaching approaches to reach at-risk students. Sunday, October 22, 2006. Currently, six Sheboygan Area School District charter school proposals, some aimed to serve the highly gifted, at-risk students and students interested in an integrated arts education, have been submitted to DPI and await approval to open in fall 2007. Washington has 361 students, of which about half are non-native speakers of English. I see the kids enjoy reading, bec...
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Modern Classics: December 2006
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006. Great Books Make Great Movies. I've always been a huge fan of movies based on my favorite y.a. books - and traditionally, the movie's stay true to the book, but make it readily available to a wider audience. Following in the footsteps of widely popular y.a. books-turned-movies 'Harry Potter', 'The Chronicles of Narnia', and 'Stuart Little', 'Charlotte's Web' bring's E.B. White's classic story of a loveable pig to the big screen. Wednesday, December 13, 2006. As my daughter h...
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Modern Classics: Adults Reading YA Lit
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006. Adults Reading YA Lit. In a recent issue of "The Oregonian", columnist April Henry debuted her new column surrounding the young adult literature genre. As my daughter has grown older, the books I read to her every night have changed. Through her, I'm revisiting some books for teens I loved when I was her age, like Elizabeth George Speare's "The Witch of Blackbird Pond," and discovering contemporary books, such as Margaret Haddix's "Running Out of Time.". Henry is not the fir...
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Modern Classics: Taking YA Lit to New Websites...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006. Taking YA Lit to New Websites. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233. It was only a matter of time before publishers figured out how to meld the the appeal of internet gaming and online social networking with books. Enter. Cathy's Book: If Found Call 650-266-8233 is about a teenage girl whose life goes from difficult to worse when her best friend becomes angry with her and her boyfriend Victor, who may not be the boy he appears to be, breaks up with her. I personally think th...
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Creative.Thoughts.Uncensored.: November 2006
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only weapon against bad ideas is better ideas." -Alfred Whitney Griswold. Tuesday, November 28, 2006. YA Booklists, Awards, Teen Read Week, and More! OK This article is really cool because it incorporates something I had no idea existed: Teen Read Week. Teen Read Week is a week completely dedicated to teens and young adult books. View my complete profile. YouTu...
