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Download full textCailyn N. Dougherty; Cori Robinson Gregg – English in Texas, 2024
Exploring the realm of literacy involves understanding how graphic novels shape students' reading and writing journeys. Through scholarly research, the authors delve into the significant impact of graphic novels on education while highlighting their appeal to students through visual features and engaging storytelling. Included is a discussion of…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Novels, Literacy, Lesson Plans
David, Ann D.; Jansky, Katrina – English in Texas, 2017
In Texas, it's an era of uncertainty: new TEKS, changes to STAAR, school finance. What's a teacher to do? How can teachers avoid reinventing the reading curriculum every time a change rolls around? Reflecting on the foundations of reading instruction--time, choice, relevance, talk, and rituals and routines--offers a way to answer these challenging…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Educational Change, Independent Reading, Reading Material Selection
Ayers, Samuel J. – English in Texas, 2019
There is value in being a lifelong reader and writer; yet, preservice teachers frequently do not exhibit these attributes. As an educator of future teachers, the author of this article reflects on practice. One goal in working with these education students is to develop their competencies in the use of literary strategies, with a secondary goal of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Reading Skills, Reading Motivation
Butler, Melinda S. – Texas Association for Literacy Education Yearbook, 2018
Popular culture texts, such as texts based on movies, television, sports, and video games are widely desired by elementary students. However, these texts are not always available for students due to limited funding, lack of teacher appreciation for such texts, and sparse quantities of popular culture texts found in classroom and school libraries.…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Reading Material Selection, Elementary School Students, Disadvantaged Schools
Direct linkVardell, Sylvia M. – School Library Journal, 2006
Just 10 years ago the Academy of American Poets initiated the observance of National Poetry Month to celebrate poetry and its place in American culture. Since then, the movement has continued to gain momentum with the emergence of Young People's Poetry Week in 1999, a focus on poetry slams as the centerpiece for Teen Read Week in 2003, and the…
Descriptors: Poetry, School Libraries, Library Materials, Reading Materials
Alanis, Iliana – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2007
Recently the author was working with a group of elementary bilingual teachers along a remote section of the Texas/Mexico border. She had been asked to facilitate the development of their social studies curriculum for their new dual-language program. She realized that although these teachers had experience working with culturally and linguistically…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Biographies, Historical Interpretation, Democracy
