Category: MRA 2007
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Notes from Ellin Keene’s “The Intricacies of the Mind”
Notes from Ellin Keene’s “The Intricacies of the Mind” NOTE: Email her for PPT. Keene, one of the authors of Mosaic of Thought, began by promoting the new edition of the book that will be coming out in May. She has been the director of the Cornerstone Project for the past few years, focusing on…
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Nobis and Cook: Connecting Comics and Essays
Nobis Nobis and Cook: Connecting Comics and Essays Mitch Nobis and Rick Cook are teacher consultants from Red Cedar Writing Project, and presented a number of ways that they connect graphic novels and expository writing in their writing classes. They will also be presenting a similar session at Bright Ideas. Thinking about what comics are…
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Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis’ Keynote
Curtis Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis‘ Keynote These are partial notes, as I was taking lots of pictures at the beginning of the session. Curtis shared some stories about his youth and talked about how some younsters get the “Scarlett B” on their forehead and how he didn’t have one. One story that he shared…
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Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work”
Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work” Fisher outlined a program that he and teachers at their high school (he has been on loan from SDSU) use for literacy achievement. Some Foundations Reading time every day — practice makes permanent as it relates to SSR Rationale for choosing strategies: Is it research based? Is…
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Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes”
Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes” Presentation at MRA 2007 Jim Burke began by inviting participants to think about the actions that students must engage in to be successful in their core academic work. He then talked about how students need to continue a number of academic skills in classes that have traditionally not…