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Teaching the Holocaust in the English Classroom: Connecting Students to Develop Their Empathy

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Amber Tilley, Northland Pines High School, Eagle River, WI,atilley @ npsd.k12.wi.us The inscription on the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum wall read, “For the dead and the living, we must…
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Editor’s Introduction: Resuscitating Zona Gale

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
John Pruitt, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Rock County campus, pruittj @ uww.edu Zona Gale was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1874 and died in Chicago in 1938. Since then, we haven’t…
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Writing Our Course: Changing the First-Year Composition Course at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Jonathan O’Brien, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College,jonathan.obrien @ nwtc.edu College writing instruction in a public, two-year college has its share of challenges: open enrollment, transfer agreements, credit for prior learning, basic…
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Incorporating Game-Based Learning with Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” to Maximize Students’ Achievement and Engagement

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Sarah Wolf, Grand Island Central Catholic, Grand Island, NE, ms.wolfgicc @ gmail.com Phu Vu, Associate Professor of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney, vuph @ unk.edu According to Anderson…
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Supporting Struggling Readers’ Comprehension Across the Curriculum

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Yuko Iwai, Department of Educational Studies, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, yiwai @ uwlax.edu As we know, literacy is considered an essential tool leading students toward academic success, and without a…
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Writing and Communication Challenges for ESL Students Majoring in the Health Professions

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Adam Sprague, Bellin College, adam.sprague @ bellincollege.edu “They’re just not speaking right,” “They just can’t write,” and “Please fix them before the assignment is due,” are common pleas for help…
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Making the Most of Your Educator Effectiveness Plan

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Justina Plemon, St Mary Catholic Middle Schooljustina.plemon @ gmail.com Every year, teachers create an Educator Effectiveness Plan that includes two main goals: The Student Learning Objective (SLO), which focuses on…
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Larry the Legend: A Profile of Larry Laraby

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Dan Schwartz, Wisconsin Teaching Fellow, dschwartz5 @ mac.comLecturer, Business Department, Buffalo State College One of my first postings was at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The school had been opened…
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Are Students Ready for the Online World? The How and Why to Embed Digital Citizenship Skills in English Classrooms

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Madison Gay Gannon, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida, Gannon.madisongay @ gmail.com Elsie Lindy Olan, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida, Elsie.olan…
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(Re)Shaping the High School Curriculum: Using Young Adult Literature to Teach Social Issues

21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020
Trista E. Owczarzak, School District of Oakfield, towczarzak @ oakfield.k12.wi.us I am a 30-year-old English teacher in the small, rural school district of Oakfield, where approximately 150 students matriculate in…

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