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I’ve been meaning to read this for a while, and downloaded a digital copy from the school library. Then I sat and read it that day. Collins has done a terrific job here in creating the latest big…
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Books are roads to anywhere!
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The launch of the National Year of Reading is just around the corner (Feb 14) ! Get Reading!
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Top Ten Short Stories
The 2012 Edgar Awards were announced recently and Neil Gaiman is nominated for a short story in the anthology A Study in Sherlock. As a great enthusiast of what I call Sherlock Holmes legacy fiction, it immediately went on my public library hold list. Curiosity about the state of anthology publication led to re-reading of old favorites and thoughts about new forms of short story collections.
This blog is a fantastic resource for English teachers. Inspiring!
Writing to Reed: A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Writing and Writing Instruction on Reading | Harvard Education Review
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Reading is critical to students’ success in and out of school. One potential means for improving students’ reading is writing. In this meta-analysis of true and quasi-experiments, Graham and Herbert present evidence that writing about material read improves students’ comprehension of it; that teaching students how to write improves their reading comprehension, reading fluency, and word reading; and that increasing how much students write enhances their reading comprehension. These findings provide empirical support for long-standing beliefs about the power of writing to facilitate reading.
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Amazing new interactive books
The future of reading is already here!
Mike Matas Next Generation of Digital books
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Wiki again…
This really is working well, it’s funny how I’ve used this before and yet this time it has really taken off. There are literally hundreds of posts all generated by the students and they decided to add a page where they could upload their own writing to share and get feedback on. Obviously at this point I am pinching myself repeatedly.
As noted earlier the quality of the posts is high and students are being responsible and sensitive to the needs of others in their posts. I can see their learning and can see how they have inspired each other to learn more deeply. The wider reading page is a great success as they share their favourite books with each other and recommend lists of authors.
