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English teachers have many incredible strategies, and resources. We invite ELA teachers to send us some of your best ideas that we can post on the site to strengthen our Manitoba ELA community.
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A Personal Literary Anthology
For this assignment you will read a great variety of short literary texts in the genres of poetry, short story, and essay. From your reading, choose between 15 - 20 favourites. A minimum of 4 texts must come from each of the three genres, and no more than 4 total may...
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Here are some of our favourite links that we think you will find useful! apcentral.collegeboard.com THE site for A.P. English. rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display Representative Poetry on Line from the University of Toronto. Excellent! http://www.supersummary.com In-depth...
Some ELA online resources
Thanks to Kaitlyn Kellsey for the following: Here are some of the best resources I have found. They saved me time and time again during my first year of teaching! Commonlit.org This website has everything from printable fiction texts to entire units planned already...
Found Poems
The process of creating found poems from a prose text that students are reading enhances students’ sensitivity to language and images. Creating posters with found poems asks students to match print text with visual images. This strategy can be used with either...
Some Ideas for Creating a Literary Community in your Classroom
1. BE ENTHUSIASTIC! IT’S CATCHING! Choose GREAT books that you LOVE! - Use Reader-Response approach. (Louise Rosenblatt/Judith Langer) - Small group discussion & prep. followed by whole class discussion and presentations. This allows for individual preparation...