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Australia’s relationship with Asia has always been a focus for heated debate and, often, misunderstanding. What role do books play in moulding this relationship? 
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25 Ways Schools Can Promote Literacy And Independent Reading In the age of the Common Core and its emphasis upon having students take on more challenging text, independent reading and student choice can easily take a back seat to the demands of increased rigor. However, in a balanced literacy program, they remain important.
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Article stressing the importance of school wide commitment to encouraging life long reading skills....to allow for choice and enjoyment as well as rigor.
Some great practical suggestions as to how this might look and work in a school.
Marita Thomson's curator insight,
November 30, 2013 6:33 PM
Regarding the evidence basis, this says it all: "In the quest to build capable readers, promoting independent, self-selected reading remains key. Creating ravenous, lifelong readers doesn’t just happen, it takes a schoolwide culture to help reach that goal." 
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November 30, 2013 9:30 PM
25 Путей школы, способствующих грамотности и самостоятельности чтения
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December 2, 2013 12:03 PM
Usable ideas, remember to start small and keep adding.
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The art of storytelling is one of humanity's greatest gifts, and one of its most celebrated means of self-expression. Historically, every culture has used it to entertain, to share knowledge...
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Ross Crockett reviews the online digital story telling platform 'Storybird' - a tool that could be used both individually and collaboratively, to encourage students to both appreciate and create stories.
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3Q: Fiction's role in emotional development
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An article that explores the importance of fiction in developing good 'emotional literacy' skills.
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From structure and plot to heroes and characters, your story must have everything in place if it's to connect with the reader. Follow our guide to storytelling success.
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Clear infographic that could be used with students, as a guide in analysing the elements of a story, and to support the creative story writing process.
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Telegraph.co.uk Too much Shakespeare 'turns pupils off the Bard' Telegraph.co.uk It follows the introduction of a draft curriculum for schools in England that requires pupils to “read a wide range of fiction and non-fiction”, including two...
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As the UK National Curriculum directs schools to increase the quantity of 'Shakespeare' taught in 'English', this article laments the possible negative effect on student enthusiasm for the subject.
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Every so often I have this conversation at a school visit. THE CAST: STUDENT ENGLISH TEACHER ME THE SCENE: After my presentation, a student drags a beleaguered English teacher to my side.
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YA author Maggie Stiefavater looks at the arguments between writers, teachers and students as to what constitutes 'literature'.
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In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What's the point of reading critica... Via Darla Grant
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PLEASE share this with senior students.....
Darla Grant's curator insight,
June 20, 2013 2:23 PM
Not only a gifted author, but one of the best explanations of why we read literature. Green's segment on Emily Dickinson is one I use regularly to teach the poet.
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Adults forget all that they do while reading. We are predicting, making connections, contextualizing, critiquing, and already plotting how we might use any new insights or information. Yep, we do
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Teaching students how to read critically with strategies that would work well from junior through to senior classes.
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Discover and share books you love on Goodreads, the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations!
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Highly recommend sharing this 'social' book site to senior students.
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Writing a review of an author’s work challenges students to develop their critical thinking skills. It provides an opportunity for students to speak their minds—and to enjoy being heard.
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Lesson plan and template aimed at Y9+ students.
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Lesson Plan on Defining Literature.
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A very good introduction to the subject is Terry Eagleton's "Introduction: What is Literature?" (the first chapter of Literary Theory: An Introduction). In it, he enumerates several ways by which w...
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Ah, the wingman. An important role not just in the world of dating and episodes of How I Met Your Mother, but also in the world of literature.
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A light hearted look by Eric Smith, at the importance of this character role in literature.
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Inanimate Alice - A Digital Novel Inanimate Alice has proven to be popular across a broad range of ages as well as with a broad range of viewers, including both book-lovers and gamers. Because the level of interactivity starts out low in episode one, increasing with each subsequent episode in order to reflect Alice's own growing abilities, we've found that we can take an audience unfamiliar with multimedia fiction with us. Educators like Inanimate Alice because of this; students from primary to post-graduate level find the work engaging.
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Was introduced to this by a year 6 teacher, who praises it highly. An award winning site with huge potential to engage reluctant readers.
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A CCSS strategy for comparing two written texts that speak to each other. Includes graphic organizers and 3 sample lessons. Links to more.
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Author says physical books are here to stay during keynote speech on what he sees as future of books, reading and libraries
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Warns of the dangers of well meaning adults dismissing 'popular' reading material as a waste of time. Danger that we could switch kids off reading if we stop them reading what they love.
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Rewordify.com helps you understand more of what you read, faster. It translates hard English into easier English. Via Nik Peachey
Tina Jameson's insight:
Quite nice little tool that can be used on any internet connected device; no apps required and no ads! Translates difficult words into 'plain' English, though unable to help with difficult sytax or 'non standard' language.
Gabi Witthaus's curator insight,
September 3, 2013 4:47 AM
Interesting idea - this could be useful in EFL teaching or just for people who are reading in English as a second language and need a bit of help.
I tried it on the Adobe Connect website to see if it would demystify some of the 'Marketese' though, and it didn't help much! A sentence such as 'Powering mission-critical web conferencing solutions, end-to-end, on virtually any device' is full of everyday words which are being used in an unnecessarily obscure way. Which is why I'm in favour of simply writing in plain English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_english).
On that subject, I recently discovered the absolutely wonderful Simple English Wikipedia (http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page), which does just that.
ytchquelia cargill's curator insight,
September 7, 2013 9:37 PM
This website is made for children that have a hard time understanding a word or sentence in the English language. By breaking down a word or difficult sentence into word that the child will be able to know.
Info: Rewordify.com
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Listen and watch as Neil reads his own book. Great for our year 8's.
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Over 17000 pages to download, print or adapt, and interactive resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5 English, media and drama teachers, with free PDFs. Via Kristina Holzweiss
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If we are cursed to forget much of what we read, there are still charms in the moments of reading a particular book… Via Darla Grant
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"But that, of course, is the stuff of reading—the going back, the poring over, the act of committing something from the experience, whether it be mood or fact, to memory. It is in the postmortem where we learn how a book really works." (Ian Crouch)
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What is literary fiction? Is it a genre? Is it a style? No, it’s supernovel! Seriously though, some libraries and booksellers ignore the issue altogether and simply shelve all their fiction alphabe...
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Next year, senior students in Victoria will be able to study classic graphic novel, The Complete Maus, as part of the prescribed English curriculum.
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Overview of literary analysis process for work of fiction. Includes overview of story elements and rhetorical devices
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Slideshare presentation on defining and analysing literature. Clear presentation that would work well with senior students.
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The word "literature" implies a certain prestige bestowed upon only the finest writing. To
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How shifts in literature reflect Australia's attitudes and policies towards Asia. An interesting reflection.