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Friday, June 28, 2013

Getting Students to Participate in Class Discussion

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by Rachel Carey Participating in class discussion has never been the easiest thing for me. The ideas are normally there, but sharing the...
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Donate Old Watches for a Great Cause!

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Thanks to the efforts of Senior Editor Paul Moliken, Prestwick House is partnering with a unique non-profit charity called Kids Time . ...
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Monday, June 24, 2013

Why Read the Classics?

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by Rachel Carey Robinson Crusoe and Shakespeare and Beowulf … cue the groans. Getting high school students excited to read the Classics ...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Does it Matter Whether You Read Print or Digital?

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by Derek Spencer Last Friday I wrote a little commentary  about a Mind/Shift post extolling the virtues of "deep reading" and ...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Top 5 Life Lessons from "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"

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by Rachel Carey I know what a lot of students probably think when Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass  is assigned in class: W...
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

The Making of "The Red Badge of Courage" Literary Touchstone Classics Cover

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by Chris Koniencki Hopefully, you have been paying attention to some of our earlier PH Blogs, giving our friends an inside look int...
Friday, June 14, 2013

On "Deep Reading" and Electronic Devices

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by Derek Spencer I think we can all agree that the practice of "deep reading" — the kind of reading that takes time, engages th...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

My Argument *for* the Thesis Burger

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by Rachel Carey I will never forget the day during eighth grade when my English teacher brought a grill to class. She was going to cook...
Monday, June 10, 2013

The Great Gatsby film isn't great, but it isn't terrible either

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by Derek Spencer I saw the most recent film adaptation of The Great Gatsby  not too long ago. Some critics have savaged it, but I didn...
Friday, June 7, 2013

The Most Useful Criticism I Ever Received

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by Rachel Carey Criticism. The mention of the word makes all of us shiver with fear (you don’t have to deny it) as waves of low self-...
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