Prestwick Café
Friday, May 31, 2013

10 Things I Wish My High School English Teachers had Taught Me

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by Rachel Carey Hey, everyone. My name is Rachel. I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to intern at Prestwick House this summ...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

The Week's Best Links: May 20 - 24

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by Derek Spencer Hey there! Here's the shortlist of links we found enjoyable and useful this week. If you have any you'd like t...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Don’t Shoot (or Kiss) the Messenger

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by Douglas Grudzina I am not a luddite. I needed to get that off my chest because when I mentioned that I was writing this post, one ...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Choosing Texts: Do the Common Core State Standards leave room for teacher discretion?

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by Magedah Shabo No one likes the idea of forced conformity and “one size fits all” solutions. Not surprisingly, one of the chief conce...
Friday, May 10, 2013

The Making of the Iliad and Odyssey Book Covers

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by Larry Knox Creative Director We recently decided to rebrand the Literary Touchstone Classics collection, our popular line...
Monday, May 6, 2013

An interactive conversation with Sir Ian McKellen on Shakespeare's Richard III

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by Derek Spencer This interactive presentation is great for teaching Shakespeare beyond the written page: Sir Ian McKellen discusses Sh...
Friday, May 3, 2013

'Gatsby' film posters an intriguing mélange of symbols and style

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by Derek Spencer The new film adaptation of The Great Gatsby  drops just one week from today! Of course, we don't yet know what dir...
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Ten new (or relatively new) nonfiction texts for the modern classroom

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by Derek Spencer Outliers You might have heard it said that reaching "expert status" in a given profession or activity r...
Monday, April 29, 2013

New 'Gatsby' cover provokes strong reactions

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by Derek Spencer F. Scott's Fitzgerald's classic novel  The Great Gatsby  is getting the big-budget Hollywood treatment, and the ...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Differentiated Instruction: Ideas and resources for professional development

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by Derek Spencer Hi there! Perhaps you've heard a bit about Differentiated Instruction (or "DI" for short) in the past co...
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