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Here’s What I Know about Reading for Meaning Statements

June 19, 2014 By Dave Stuart Jr. 8 Comments

If you used any of the articles of the week I posted this year (just to be clear, Kelly Gallagher is the originator of the Article of the Week strategy), you definitely noticed some changes to the format. I’ve written elsewhere about why I use Graff/Birkenstein’s They Say/I Say strategy with AoWs (here and here), but I […]

Close Reading, the Common Core, and a Freaking Awesome Prezi

November 14, 2012 By Dave Stuart Jr. 16 Comments

I don’t know about your district, but in mine we have a leading contender for Buzzword of the Year: close reading. So what is this mystical act? And, like too many buzzwords, is it mere hogwash? Or could there be awesomeness contained within it? [Please note that, contrary to journalistic common sense, I am saving […]

Video: One Way to Rock Out CCSS-Friendly, In-class Debates

September 21, 2012 By Dave Stuart Jr. 11 Comments

In this video, I walk through how I went about preparing for and carrying out our second in-class debate of the school year. Why spend time debating? Debates are very CCSS friendly — they make argumentative writing (W.CCR.1) a lot easier, they require collaboration (SL.CCR.1), evaluation (SL.CCR.3), clarity (SL.CCR.4), and it’s super awesome when they […]

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