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Do You Use Graphic Novels in Your Classroooms?

Do You Use Graphic Novels in Your Classroooms?  I am new to them and find I LOVE them!  I listed my favorites for 2011 in my recent blog po…

Started by Meryl Jaffe

1 Jan 1
Reply by Gina Paese

Invigorating Instruction

Do you believe in the power of a liberal arts education or in studying trades?  Please visit my blog and join the conversation.  I bring in…

Started by Meryl Jaffe

0 Sep 13, 2011

End of the School Year Blues

My most recent blog post contains two poems about teaching... for all of those teachers out there coming to the end of another school year.…

Started by Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus

1 Jul 13, 2011
Reply by christa allan

Would you quit teaching?

I know I don’t contribute much to this page, but I do love reading everyone's comments. Which is why, when I recently had a conversation wi…

Started by Rachel Marsh

16 Jul 7, 2011
Reply by Tracy Krauss

How, if at all, do you teach visual literacy?

If a picture's worth a thousand words, why don't we teach visual literacy? As we tweet, blog, sms, drive, watch television, movies, commer…

Started by Meryl Jaffe

4 Jul 1, 2011
Reply by Meryl Jaffe

Spicing it up.

How do you keep spice and interest up in your kids when they say school is boring? 

Started by Meryl Jaffe

4 Jun 28, 2011
Reply by Meryl Jaffe

Writing about teaching

Is any one else struggling with writing about their lives as teachers?  I have been wanting to write a memoir about teaching for a very lon…

Started by Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus

0 Apr 13, 2011

How do you teach your students to 'read between the lines'?

I am teaching an online critical reading class for 4-5th graders through Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and am finding that it is…

Started by Meryl Jaffe

0 Mar 27, 2011

Hate to Bring IT up

But are you back in the classroom yet? What tips/tricks are you going to use this year to make sure you keep writing? One of the things I'…

Started by Sindy E

7 Mar 20, 2011
Reply by christa allan

Graphic Novels at Home and In School: A Dialogue

This past weekend I was at the New York ComicCon (comic convention) and a whole new world opened up to me - one my kids have been nudging m…

Started by Meryl Jaffe

2 Feb 16, 2011
Reply by Meryl Jaffe

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Anne Liu replied to the discussion 'Waiting 6 months to edit' in the group Your First Novel
"I must admit, I've been off my latest draft for a month and a half and am already starting to feel the urge to go back.  I *think* I'm close being able to have some perspective but it would certainly be interesting to see how I felt…"
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Anne Liu replied to the discussion 'Where to Begin...' in the group Your First Novel
"Welcome to the fun! I think the great thing about being at the beginning of your first draft is that the first draft DOES NOT HAVE TO BE GOOD.  It just has to get written.  Finishing even a crappy first draft is a huge accomplishment, so…"
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