Tag Archives: reading
Literature-Map – Helping Students Find Similar Authors #engchat
TweetShareHave you heard of Literature-Map? Touted as “The Tourist Map for Literature,” this site allows readers to type in a favorite author, then hit enter to find a map of similar authors. For example, when I typed in Katherine Paterson (author of Bridge to Terabithia) and hit enter, I got a map that included the [...]
Thoughts on The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
TweetShare I have heard great things about The Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller from primary teachers–they LOVE it! I would really like to read it, but I am so tight on time that I want to make sure it is applicable for middle and high school teachers/classrooms before I read it. Have any of [...]
Helping to make boys “readers”
TweetShareI just finished reading an interesting article from the New York Times this morning about helping boys to become “readers” (Boys and Reading, Is There Any Hope?). There is no question that there is a huge output of Young Adult fiction today. In fact, as the article mentions, it seems as if the genre [...]
Nine tips for taking notes in a book (without ticking off your librarian!)
TweetShare When I took my first English class right out of high school, I was shocked that not only did we have to purchase our own books, but we were even allowed to write in them! I had always been told not to write in my schoolbooks—and all I ever saw written were things like [...]
