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Roach, Audra K.; Beck, Jessica J. – Language Arts, 2012
And so a middle school language arts teacher begins her Saturday. Before coffee, Facebook. In this themed issue on professional development in an era of nick.com, the authors propose that teachers' new literacy learning is as close as their own screens. Teachers, too, live literate lives online in this new age of composition, with impulses to…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Social Networks, Internet, Middle School Teachers
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Walker, Elaine; Tabone, Carmine; Weltsek, Gustave – Language Arts, 2011
In this research, two questions related to arts integration are studied: First, the extent to which sixth and seventh grade students' language arts and mathematics performance, as well as their engagement with school are positively impacted by classroom settings in which theater strategies are integrated into language arts instruction; and second,…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Theater Arts
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Watson, Dwight C. – Language Arts, 2009
The controversial and complicated nature of the "N" word is examined in a multicultural classroom project. Utilizing both old and new literature, pop culture, historical lenses, and contemporary interpretations, the word proves extremely relevant in today's language arts classroom. By examining students' perceptions and experiences as well as the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Popular Culture, Language Arts, Middle Schools