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Delaying the Real World: A Twentysomething’s Guide to Seeking Adventure
Colleen Kinder is decidedly not a slacker: she's a Yale professor, a contributor to the New York Times and New York Times Magazine, a Fulbright scholar and MacDowell Colony fellow, and a creative writer whose nonfiction has been anthologized in books published by Random House and The Kenyon Review. Kinder ... Read More
Using Literature Circles to Promote Reading Motivation and Social Engagement
Today’s successful reader must demonstrate “thoughtful literacy.” Thoughtful literacy, according to Dr. Dorothy Strickland and Dr. Richard Allington, emphasizes students’ comprehension performance. Beyond recalling facts, we want students to be able to personalize, think about, and analyze text. We want students to be able to apply a repertoire of strategies ... Read More
Family Support Tool Kits from AutismSpeaks.Org
Autism Speaks shares important information below regarding how family members and friends can support children with Autism and their families. When a child is diagnosed with autism, some family members and friends may feel uncertain about what to do or say. These guides will help loved ones understand and respond ... Read More
How To Successfully Begin (And Finish) An Essay Involving Quotations
“But I don’t know how to start it!!!” The assigning of a traditional five-paragraph literary analysis in my Honors English class always brought about much dread, anxiety, and general consternation. After speaking to students over the years, I came to realize that the genesis of this dread didn’t necessarily ... Read More
Do You Know Your GRIT Score?
Before she was a psychology professor, Angela Duckworth taught math in middle school and high school. She spent a lot of time thinking about something that might seem obvious: The students who tried hardest did the best, and the students who didn't try very hard didn't do very well. Duckworth wanted to ... Read More