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On wise text selection for developing comprehension: Post #8 in a series | Granted, and...
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Granted, and…. Thoughts on education by Grant Wiggins. On wise text selection for developing comprehension: Post #8 in a series. Asymp; 15 Comments. In the previous literacy posts in this series I identified a few guiding questions that stem from the research:. Do students understand the real point of academic reading? Do students understand that the aim of instruction is transfer of learning? Am I using the right texts for making clear the value of strategies? Sitting in on numerous classes over the yea...
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The Vault | Annie Q Syed
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Update and Photos From A Sunday Walk. 8220;Fifty springs are little room…”. 8220;as if between countries or parts of. Hill in the Sky and other photos…. Light O’ Clock. All that is possible…. 8220;valley of the world…” Steinbeck. Some photos from Paris. 8220;Who I am is who I could. I don’t need a cart. A Bucket of Blue Stars. 8220;believing takes practice” Madeleine L’Engle. Love is stronger than gravity. Create or Else: Jack Rabid. Page 1 of 6. Illustration by Jamie Berry.
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The ONE question I have been asked. Where Are You From. Would you like the long or short version? The tally on that one is 50-50. I sometimes ask in return:. Think I am from? Then I entertain myself with inaccuracies and guesses that are truly amusing…Hawaii…to Ethiopia…. Sometimes I go off on a tangent and tell a cool fact about mitochondrial DNA. So, although I am sure I could have written something a bit more. Ttled in California). She attained her B.A. from the. CUNY School of Law. The word “ i...
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“believing takes practice” ~ Madeleine L’Engle | Annie Q Syed
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8220;believing takes practice” Madeleine L’Engle. On Friday night we randomly stumbled upon one of the most authentic Italian dining experiences outside of New York City. I told our very entertaining server, who has been working there for 14 years, that he reminded me of a character in a book. We laughed and then he mentioned. A Wrinkle in Time. By Madeleine L’Engle. I had just mentioned her a few days ago! Paul, our server, said he used to read to his children from it. As Mrs. Whatsit said in. Sister (i...
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“valley of the world…” ~ Steinbeck | Annie Q Syed
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8220;valley of the world…” Steinbeck. February 22, 2015. I have just returned from attending an education conference in the South Bay, specifically San Jose. I presented strategies on creating space for learners to figure out what. There is too much to say about all that on a Sunday evening, especially a Sunday evening where it is raining so hard that the rain drops are diving pellets, a welcome-kind of rain. I can almost hear the earth exhale upon being nourished. I can see how I would like to do it so ...
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Writings | Annie Q Syed
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A California Road | Annie Q Syed
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Reminded me of reading. By William Least Heat-Moon back in high school. 8220;Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more. This entry was posted in The Vault. Update and Photos From A Sunday Walk In Oxford. I am in Oxford, England as part of the Bread Loaf School of English program offered at Oxford. Last summer, as some of you may recall, I was at the Santa Fe, New Mexico campus and that was an “interesting” […]. It always amazes me h...
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I don’t need a cart. | Annie Q Syed
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I don’t need a cart. Saw this lil guy outside of Target. There was actually a flock of them on the shopping carts and the humans were acting as if the birds were in their way. Incorrect, I say. 😉. This entry was posted in The Vault. One thought on “ I don’t need a cart. September 17, 2015 at 4:59 pm. It is true to see how us, humans act like. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. Your email address will not be published. You may use these. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe.
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Collection of Auguries | Annie Q Syed
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The darkness belongs to no one between the hours of three and four. It is a suspension of theories, feelings, and conclusions that adhere neither to the night nor to the day. It is a podium wreathed with dreams, memories, and thoughts that are not quite yours to claim. What can’t be deciphered in those hours is invented for coherence. Winds carry stories in them.” – from Engram in Collection of Auguries. Interviews, Mentions and Publications. Mentioned in a Huffington Post. What I often like most about t...
