On Teaching English
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Darby Evans
English Language Arts Educator & Writer
United States
United States
On Teaching English
When parents ask for reading suggestions for their kids, here's a handy list you can share, broken down by grade. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash During the holiday season and when birthdays roll around, parents often seek out gifts that their kids will enjoy while also learning something-a delicate balance.
I remember, very clearly still, my childhood bedroom, a warm and tidy little space with light yellow walls and a bed with a blue and green floral comforter. I remember many happy evenings in this room, reading with my dad before I fell asleep.
It was my first classroom observation as a new teacher, and I was terrified. I was only about six weeks into my first year teaching middle school English and literature when my supervisor, language and education specialist Dr. Katy Lichon, came to Fort Worth to evaluate my practice, and I was well aware I had plenty of room to grow in pedagogy and in planning.
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To an outsider, rugby may come off as a hostile sport. Even those who have not seen a game can imagine the intensity of a sport that uses terms such as "charge-down," "crusher tackle," and "blood bin."
Four people stand in ready position on South Quad. Their knees are slightly bent, their eyes trained on the yellow ball as it bounces neatly off the circular net in the grass. It's twilight on Notre Dame's campus-fireflies have already started to congregate on the lawn-but for these four players, the rest of the world has melted away.
To be an effective science teacher, the teacher must be a true scientist herself. This much is clear to Kelly McCarthy, a teacher and researcher who is one of 12 people recently named to the 2017-2018 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program.
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On Monday, March 18, Center for Literacy Education Director Dr. Ernest Morrell partnered with the English as a New Language (ENL) program to deliver a talk to parents at Holy Cross School, a two-way immersion school in South Bend, IN. The talk was the second event in a three-part series of family literacy nights at the school.
On March 16, the Indiana Council of Teachers of English (ICTE) hosted the newly reinstated, annual ICTE Conference at Park Tudor Elementary in Indianapolis, Indiana. ICTE was a dormant state chapter of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) until about a year and a half ago.