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Robert Muchamore VS Year 10 English
Teaching a group of Year 10 students who have been grouped together as the ‘low’ end of the cohort would certainly be a challenging task for many teachers. This was the case last year at our College,...
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Let’s Review: ‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio
‘Wonder,’ by R.J. Palacio is a relatively new text for children and one in which after seeing reviews everywhere, seeing it in many ‘Top 10 Read’ lists and seeing it overpopulate bookstore shelves,...
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Punky, Degrassi and Golden Girls! Oh My!
Growing up in the 1980′s offered a great range of corny, colourful and heart felt TV shows for children and teens, filled with pop culture figures to adore and imitate. Many of the ones that stick in...
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Texts and Teens
Interviewing a young person about their reading choices and habits appealed to me for this blog, as we often talk with the students about what they are reading, but do not focus on why they are...
View ArticleBecoming TL 2.0
‘Learning is all about engagement. As e-learning guru Roger C. Schank (2002) says, ‘First and foremost: When learning isn’t engaging, it’s not learning’’ (Ormiston, p. 1, 2010). Today’s classrooms and...
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Gaming in educational settings is an element of youth popular culture that is currently trending and being integrated more regularly into various aspects of teaching and learning. With the popularity...
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Oh, the spaces you’ll go!
The taken-for-grantedness within my own Resource Centre where I have been at the helm for the last five years has become a habit! The centre runs smoothly, the children love visiting each week, we have...
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