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How to Engage Students Who Only do the Bare Minimum to Get By
Academic success depends on a variety of factors such as the quality of teachers, textbooks, the ability and effort of students etc. to name just a few. Students have to be smart and hard- working in order to achieve academic success. But what would happen if middle school students are reluctant to study? Students who…
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Reunited in Dream
My dad lived in a small one-bedroom place and he absolutely loved it. It was a little bit difficult letting his place go, but I knew that the tree we planted on the property would serve as a great memorial for many years to come. I really have no reason to go back to that…
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Women in Hip-Hop 4 Radio Special
Today is International Women’s Day! Help us celebrate by joining us on the radio. We have over 7 hours of excellent programming for you starting at 12:00 midnight. And all of it, is dedicated to the Women in Hip-Hop. This is our 4th annual show celebrating International Women’s Day and we have a lot of…
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Latest Graphic Novel Reads
Star Wars: Blood Ties – Jango and Boba Fett Boba Fett was the bounty hunter in Return of the Jedi that stole every scene he was in. He was such a cool looking character. Since the first trilogy was released all those years ago, we have found out a lot about his back story. We…
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Novel in an Hour
I went to a workshop last week and we did an activity called “Novel in an Hour” The class was divided into small groups and each group was given a chapter or two of a novel. We weren’t told the title or what the story was about. We were just given a photocopy of our…
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Chasing Content – The Best of March
It’s time to drop in! on some great content in the monthly feature we call . . . Chasing Content It gives us a chance to look back at what was happening right here last year at this time. You can read all of the posts from last March or just these favs Writing Rap…
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Access: Pharoahe Monch TODAY
Pharoahe Monche will be our special guest for this week’s live and interactive radio show. This program is a partnership between Our Show, Kevin Nottingham, The Word is Bond, DOPEfm, and Silent Cacophony. Conshus runs the segment live on the radio in Florida on 91.5 WPRK and I join him via the magic of Google Hangouts. You can listen to the…
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Insurgent (Divergent Book 2)
Insurgent by Veronica Roth Insurgent is the second book in the Divergent series. The first book was phenomenal and I had a really hard time putting it down. This second book is a great continuation of the world that was established in Divergent. I like that both of these books could stand alone as well.…
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A Recipe for Great Teaching
In this video, Hip Hughes suggests a recipe for teaching that includes these key ingredients. Content Knowledge “You need to understand the content beyond the curriculum because you are generally interested in it. It needs to be something that’s part of your life. You need to love your content, always be immersed in it, and…
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Fast Fiction – A Guide to Novel Writing
Fast Fiction: A Guide to Writing a First-Draft Novel in Thirty Days by Denise Jaden National Novel Writing Month is a huge event that happens every November. The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. It sound nearly impossible, but I have done it before. Denise Jaden has written a book…