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20 Assessment Suggestions by Mary Lou Brandvik from The English Teacher’s Survival Guide
The English Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Techniques & Materials for Grades 7-12 , 2nd Edition by Mary Lou Brandvik and Katherine S. McKnight This excerpt from The English Teacher’s Survival Guide offers alternative suggestions to traditional assessments like quizzes, tests, … Read more.
Sample Worksheet from The English Teacher’s Survival Guide by Mary Lou Brandvik and Katherine S. McKnight
The English Teacher’s Survival Guide: Ready-To-Use Techniques & Materials for Grades 7-12 , 2nd Edition by Mary Lou Brandvik and Katherine S. McKnight This unique time-saving book is packed with tested techniques and materials to assist new and experienced English … Read more.
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Guest Blog: Teaching Kids to Have Fun with Writing!
Teaching Kids to Have Fun with Writing! Guest Blog by Mary Ellen Ledbetter What is the secret in teaching students to write? It’s simple. Young writers must feel that writing is fun, exciting, a vehicle to express the unlimited … Read more.
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Mary Lou Brandvik
Literacy & Language Arts (St. Paul, MN) Mary Lou Brandvik M.A.,a former Teacher of the Year, has taught English in public schools and at the university level. In 1991 she received the Lila B. Wallace Teacher-Scholar Award from the National … Read more.
Janet C. Richards
Literary & Language Arts (Lutz, FL) Janet Richards is a professor at the University of South Florida in the Childhood Education Department where she specializes in literacy. She has written widely on many literacy topics, and is the editor-in-chief of … Read more.
Sample Worksheet from Reading Comprehension Boosters, by Thomas Gunning
Click HERE for a sample worksheet from the new book by Thomas G. Gunning: Reading Comprehension Boosters: 100 Lessons for Building Higher-Level Literacy, Grades 3-5
National Writing Project
Literacy & Language Arts (Berkeley, CA) The National Writing Project (NWP) is a nationwide network of educators working together to improve the teaching of writing in the nation’s schools and in other settings. NWP provides high-quality professional development programs to … Read more.
Jack Umstatter
Literacy & Language Arts (Islip, NY) Jack Umstatter taught English on the junior high, middle school, and high school levels for more than three decades. A three-time Teacher of the Year, Umstatter is the best-selling author of 15 books. He … Read more.
Gary Muschla
Literacy & Language Arts (Jackson, NJ) Gary Robert Muschla received his B.A. and M.A.T. from Trenton State College and taught at Appleby School in Spotswood, New Jersey, for more than twenty-five years; his specialties include mathematics at the middle school level, reading … Read more.
Mary Ellen Ledbetter
Literacy & Language Arts (Baytown, TX) Mary Ellen Ledbetter is a national speaker for the Bureau of Education and Research, owns her own company, MEL’S Pen, LLC, which enables her to visit classrooms to instruct students and teachers across the … Read more.