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Articles/Blogs on Literacy in your content:
This first text seems to outline that "you ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know." It then becomes our job to find a way to make students want to know what we want to teach them.

Instructional Activities:

 * Mock Trial: The following document is an example of a mock trial that could be used in the classroom. This example is focused around William Shakespeare's //Romeo and Juliet. // The document includes an example lesson plan, lecture and instructional notes, graphic organizer, grading sheet, rationale, and works cited. This lesson is fun and can be modified to fit various topics.

Using technology in your classroom resources:
//The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint// - Edward Tufte (VERY INTERESTING!) -The book is presented in PowerPoint format and outlines the main points of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Interesting thing to read through a different medium.

Tradebooks and other resources:
//[|The Cris Tovani Home Page] [|CLAS]// [|National Writing Project] OED Online [|http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?sudsredirect=true] [|IRA Reading Radio]
 * this is a text that can help any speaker develop voice and diciton. Check it out if you are ever struggling with Standard 1 []


 * Miscellaneuos:**
 * This is a Graphic Organizer I found on line and for my style, is usual. It exemplifies how to be critical about peer and literasy work in a constructive manner. []
 * Here is an article on effective peer editing strategies from NCTE that is useful. []
 * I hear a lot lately on choice and letting students pick the books they read. I wonder how it fits into the typical classroom. This article from an NCTE member helps a little. []