Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. Secondary    3. Teaching Methods & Materials - Classroom Planning   

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Excellent!
A book that helped inspire me to become a teacher. Some other reviewers may not find it totally "practical" for them to adopt, but anyone with common sense would know that you take what works best for you from as many legitimate resources as possible and adapt.

Based on years of First Hand experience
You can let students have choices about what to write and still have formal guidelines, unlike what the other reviewer/teacher wrote.Nancie Atwell's book is based on years of her own first-hand experiences in the classroom, and, as someone who assigns and reads well over 1000 formal essays per school year to over 200 students, I'll listen to Atwell's advice before some burned out teacher's rantings about the need to drill, drill, drill.

Condensed version, please
I bought two copies of this book from Amazon, for myself and my class aide, on the strength of the other teachers' recommendations here.The book is as good as the most enthusiastic reviewers say it is, but it is seriously flawed, and to some degree self-contradictory, because it talks too much.As good as are the author's approaches, she doesn't really need 484 pages, plus numerous appendices, to get the message across.In fact, she buries the message in verbosity.Read more

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Composition and exercises    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. English language    6. Language arts (Secondary)    7. Research    8. Secondary    9. Secondary School Curricula    10. Study and teaching (Secondary)    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    12. United States    13. English    14. English language: specific skills    15. Teaching of a specific subject   

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The Title Offers the Answer
I think that racism is an almost impossible subject to tackle; but if there is a good reason to go through it - it is our future, the kids.These two authors struggle with the issues and come to some important understanding.If you really want to understand it and if you need a powerful reason to struggle with it.This book will help you do it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Middle school teaching    4. Multicultural Education    5. Secondary    6. Teacher-student relationships    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    8. United States    9. Cultural studies    10. Multicultural studies    11. Philosophy of education    12. Schools    13. USA   

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Need more than one copy
If you plan on using this book for a class it is imperative that you use more than one copy.It is too hard to teach out of using only one.There are too many helpful graphs and charts that the studnets need to have. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Experiments    2. Experiments & Projects    3. General    4. Science    5. Science projects    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Secondary    8. SCIENCE_EXPERIMENTS    9. Science / Experiments & Projects   

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Game Plan for Getting into Private School
Peterson's starts with a general Planning Calendar beginning in 7th grade.It discusses what Private Schools offer and how to consider which type of school is best for your child.How to start looking for a school and howto help your child prepare for the application process.What to look forin a school and how to narrow down choices.There is a section aboutFinancial Aid and finally the transition into Private School.It does notdescribe particular schools. Read more

Subjects:  1. Admission    2. Directories    3. Education    4. General    5. High schools    6. Prep School Guides    7. Private Education    8. Private schools    9. Reference    10. Secondary    11. United States    12. Independent / public schools   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Language Arts    5. Secondary    6. Secondary School Language Arts    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    8. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General   

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A Wrinkle in Time:A Unit Plan
WOW!!This unit plan covers all the bases.I am so impressed with this CD unit that I plan to buy one for all the novels I teach!If you teach A Wrinkle in Time, you must purchase this unit plan today! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Secondary    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities    4. Study & Teaching    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    6. Lesson planning    7. Literature    8. Secondary    9. Study and teaching    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities    11. Wrinkle in Time   

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Great Book!
This a great book on a school who took the current educational thoughts and trends and turned it into a reality!I recommend this book to anyone interested in secondary education! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administration    2. Administration - General    3. Amherst    4. Case studies    5. Education    6. Education / Teaching    7. Educational Policy & Reform    8. High schools    9. New Hampshire    10. School improvement programs    11. Secondary    12. Souhegan High School (Amherst, N.H.)   

Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. Secondary    3. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts   

Subjects:  1. Classroom Management    2. Discipline    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Education, Secondary    6. High school students    7. Secondary    8. Teaching At The Secondary School Level    9. United States    10. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General    11. Secondary schools    12. Teaching skills & techniques   

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What a wonderful way of teaching. Bravo!
Susan Hogan's book is a fascinating exploration of several different cultures through their art, their customs, geography and history. Her insight into the nature of the different societies brings a deep understanding of how art has been interwoven with the needs and rituals of that society. It also points out the need for us to use our hands, our minds and emotions - expecially in this electronic age. It brings us back to ourselves, to make these things with our hands. I have worked with children of different ages for more than a decade. I find the students really enjoy the easy to do projects that help them produce beautiful articles they can actually use. What a wonderful way of teaching. Bravo!

A resource that real teachers can use with real students
This book is not going to get dusty on the shelf. It is a real resource--for art teachers, social studies teachers, home schoolers and anyone else who wants to use art to teach world culture (or conversely world culture to teach art). The lessons makes sense. The art projects are doable. This book had been well thought out. It's also been tested with real students. It is ideal for teachers who want to do multi-cultural education and not just talk about it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity programs    2. Art    3. Curricula    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Multicultural Education    7. Secondary    8. Secondary School Creative And Manual Arts    9. Study and teaching (Secondary)    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities    11. United States    12. Curriculum planning & development    13. Secondary schools    14. Teaching of a specific subject    15. The Arts   

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Informative and Practical
I am director of secondary student teachers at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. I teach courses in Middle School Philosophy, Educational Psychology, and Teaching and Classroom Management. I have foundthis book to be very helpful in presenting information about the basics ofthe middle school philosophy. It encourages educators to seek excellence inthe education of youth during this critical time in their development. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. General    4. Middle schools    5. Secondary    6. Education / General    7. Educational systems    8. Secondary schools   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Education / Teaching    3. Education, Urban    4. Educational sociology    5. High schools    6. Secondary    7. Social Science    8. Sociology    9. Sociology - General    10. United States    11. Social Science / Sociology / General    12. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Excellent Resource
Great resource for teaching.Lots of good ideas and ready made plans to accompany the novel.

Outsiders Review
This product was easy to use and had a lot of different activities.I mostly used the study guide questions and vocabulary handouts.The only thing I didn't really like about it was that it didn't seem to have any really creative ideas to go along with the novel. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Secondary    3. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Arts & Humanities    4. Study & Teaching    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    6. Lesson planning    7. Literature    8. Outsiders    9. Secondary    10. Study and teaching    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities   

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Hands on Math Projects with hands on Applications
this book was very useful in the classes I teach.

Comprehensive and useful
The Muschla's book is an excellent resource for the Algebra II and Pre-Algebra classes I teach.The best part about this book is that the materials are all there (worksheets, instructions, etc.), and they can be easily adapted to the various high school mathematics levels of instruction.I will start a project during one class period, then allow students time at the end of class on subsequent days to complete it as a supplement to my lessons.

Great Resource for Integrating Math and other Subjects
Hands-On Math Projects with Real-Life Applications offers many math projects classified for an integrated approach to math and other subjects.As a parent who is home schooling a teenager I have found the projects tobe a helpful resource.Each project identifies the learning goal, mathskills which will used, material needed and how to conduct the project. Although geared to math teachers in a school setting I have found it veryhelpful in the home school setting. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity programs in education    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Elementary    5. Mathematics    6. Secondary    7. Study and teaching    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    9. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Mathematics    10. Secondary schools   

Subjects:  1. Creative writing (Middle school)    2. Creative writing (Secondary education)    3. Curricula    4. Education    5. Education / Teaching    6. Multicultural education    7. Secondary    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    9. Education / Curricula    10. Writing skills   

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Must Read for Adults Working with Young Adults and Literature
Comprehensive, well-organized, and thought-provoking text, LIT for TODAY'S YOUNG ADULTS offers the professional or the parent great insights into, research about, and guidelines/recommendations for the young adult in regard to his literary world. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bibliographies & Indexes    2. Children's Literature - General    3. Education / Teaching    4. Juvenile Literature    5. Literary Criticism    6. Secondary    7. Secondary School Language Arts    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    9. Education    10. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading    11. Literature: History & Criticism   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Secondary    5. Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology   

Subjects:  1. Administration - General    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Education, Urban    5. Educational Policy & Reform    6. Elementary    7. General    8. History    9. New York    10. New York (State)    11. Secondary    12. Educational systems    13. Fiction / Historical    14. New York City    15. Schools   

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Education    3. Education / Teaching    4. Language Arts & Disciplines    5. Rhetoric    6. Secondary    7. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    8. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    9. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading    10. English    11. English grammar    12. Teaching of a specific subject