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The Reaping - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. Aug 12th, 2009 at 3:49 PM. So I decided to make a list of some of the parents from YA books that I'd like to see in a Hunger Games-style contest. "But, wait," you're probably thinking, "the contestant who wins the Hunger Games becomes rich and famous. That doesn't seem fair." You're right, that wouldn't be fair, but don't worry I have a solution to that problem.the winner of THIS Hunger Games gets to be unwound. 3) Danny's dad from Mexican...
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V.I.P. (Very Important Press Release)!!! - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. VIP (Very Important Press Release)! Jul 18th, 2009 at 9:17 AM. Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Finalists Announced. The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the finalists for the inaugural Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. The honored titles for 2009 (in alphabetical order by title) are:. The 2009 Amelia Elizabeth Wa...
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The Happiest Place on Earth, Part 1 - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. The Happiest Place on Earth, Part 1. Nov 24th, 2010 at 4:36 PM. If you're not familiar with ALAN (the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English that's a mouthful huh? Now you see why there's an acronym) and you love young adult literature, go to http:/ www.alan-ya.org. Go ahead, I'll wait) and get some information about the premiere resource on YA lit for teachers, librarians, and professors.
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Whodunnit? - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. Jun 14th, 2009 at 9:32 PM. BTW, if you're looking for good mysteries, try checking out the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards (named after, you guessed it, the man credited with writing the first detective story- Edgar Allan Poe). They have given awards for best YA mystery since 1989 ( http:/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of Ed. Gar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult. Another of Dowd's books published in 2008 (first U.S. prin...Joan ...
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My Love/Hate Relationship with Fantasy and Science Fiction - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. My Love/Hate Relationship with Fantasy and Science Fiction. Jun 11th, 2009 at 2:05 PM. So why is it then that lately these are the very books I'm passionately recommending to (forcing on- whatever) my family and friends? Why was I tempted to answer, "Yes! When my students asked me if I wanted them to steal the ARC of Catching Fire from someone I know? I give up. I'm coming out of the closet: I LIKE FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION! I was fortun...
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. The Happiest Place on Earth, Part 2. Nov 25th, 2010 at 11:10 PM. I actually arrived in Orlando last Thursday night because I also attended and presented at the NCTE Convention (this is my second year). It was a busy, busy few days, so here are some of the highlights. The ALAN Award for contributions to YA literature went to Jack Gantos. I was really excited to hear Jack Gantos for several reasons: 1) I have never heard him speak before...
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WHAT KIDS NEED TO BECOME READERS - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. WHAT KIDS NEED TO BECOME READERS. Oct 19th, 2009 at 2:51 PM. In preparation for a presentation I'm giving at the Michigan Council of Teachers of English's Fall Assembly titled "We Are a Family of Books: How to Create a Community of Readers" I've been trying to catch up on my "professional" reading. Here it is, straight from the students' pens:. Get to know students and figure out what they like- Give a survey to help them find a genre they...
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SPREAD THE WORD!!! - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. Sep 4th, 2009 at 2:32 PM. Call for 2010 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Selection Committee Members. The Committee Chair, striving for wide representation of members in terms of professional position, grade level of population served, and geographic diversity, will extend an invitation to potential committee members who show an interest in serving. Those selected will serve for one year with the possibility of reappointment for a second.
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2010 - GET 'EM READING!
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YA Books and Teaching Strategies to Get (and Keep) Teens Reading. Amelia elizabeth walden award. Fantasy; sci-fi; cashore; shusterman;. My most excellent year. View my Tags page. Powered by LiveJournal.com.
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