Hi, I"m about to start a unit on This is what it means to say Phoenix, AZ and Smoke Signals in a junior/senior lit into film class. I was wondering if anyone...
... and would love to share (swap) files with you. I developed a unit and shared it with my teachers---and now they are all out there working to develop their...
... a pretty awesome collection of stuff to use with students. Journal prompts, discussion questions, List ideas, drawing, Sketch to stretch ideas, essay...
I have just started teaching this book in a high school classroom and would love if anyone would be willing to share their files. I don't have a lot to offer,...
I will start on Monday and would love any suggestions/files. I teach high school reading. Renee Thompson **************AOL Search: Your one stop for...
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Nov 8, 2008 3:02 am
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I have some stuff I will try and organize. If we upload them to a file at this yahoo group we will have them at our finger tips forever. What a great...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the teaching_alexie group. File : /PTI...
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Nov 8, 2008 2:30 pm
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In a message dated 11/7/2008 11:58:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, areskasusana@... writes: have some stuff I will try and organize. If we upload them to...
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Nov 8, 2008 10:58 pm
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Thank you! ... about main characters - we filled it in after page 44 and left the chracters we didn't get to blank. ... 20Chart.doc ... ...
... I just uploaded files that I used for a journal/book of lists the kids created while reading the novel-Absolutely True Diary. They are basically fun...
Thanks for sharing your files. I uploaded a reading guide and a final writing project. I only assigned the writing project on Friday, but none of the kids...
Thank you to everyone who uploaded files! This is a great resource and many of the ideas I can already see how I can also use them with other books!! Amy...
Kathleen- Your ideas are fabulous. I did think about the family tree thing and the scrapbook--but didn't go anywhere with it. Love the CD/album idea very...
Hi, all, I'm the "group owner," on Sherman's behalf, of the Teaching Alexie group I will check in occasionally to see how things are going - ask for feedback -...
I read the article about the Part-Time Indian being banned from the school in Oregon and while I am not surprised, I am really annoyed that such fascist-type...
Again--out there in the northwest--the banned book terrorists have struck again claiming the graphic details in Alexie's novel, Absolutely True Diary are too...
The school that banned TATDoaPI is exceptional Some (few) schools are that ultra-conservative. There aren't hoards of book terrorists running rampant...
I read the article. Mr. Moss broke copyright law when he took an author's work to a photocopier. Moss photocopied some of the more graphic pages and took ...
Josh Westbrook said this on another list: "Kids are living stories every day that we would not let them read." Isn't it sad that a book that is rather...
Hey All, I just uploaded some of the essay questions, journal prompts and activities I created 5 years ago for my High School Lit class in college. I didn't...
Hey Chris- These look great. Being the English teacher I knew there were some juicy math activities to be had with True Diary--but needed someone like you to...
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Thanks for the questions. They look great. Susan A. Garr Chicago Teachers' Center 773-370-0725 "Let us put our minds together, and see what life we will make...
I am a high school librarian, but I also teach the young adult literature for librarians course at our local university. My high school's modern lit. class...
Hi all, I am student teaching at an urban school in Connecticut, and am in the process of creating a unit for The True Diary. This post is regarding ideas on...
... process of creating a unit for The True Diary. ... using Google Earth to give the kids a street view of their own school here in CT, then zoom off and away...
I was lucky enough to have this book bought for my students (thank you donor's choose!) and am about to start teaching it. Does anyone have any experience,...
Will, Have you heard of the site Donorschoose.org ? It is amazing. I work at a NYC public school and have now gotten two class sets of books donated. It may...
Sasha I'm teaching it right now to one gen ed class and one 50/50 inclusion class. The text is amazing, funny, exciting, and relevant for my kids. I will...