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August 2017: News of the World by Paulette Jiles
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August 21, 2017: "Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away" NPR.com
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Check out the Spring 2016 edition of The Exchange, the official newsletter of the Secondary Reading Interest Group of the International Literacy Association.
Felipe, one of Kelly's seniors, recites the famous advice scene in Hamlet to the class.
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Me (to new student on day 9): Where have you been? Student: Working Me: You have some catching up to do Student: I'll be out all next week
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RT @LeonardPittsJr1: Texas prisons ban books by Langston Hughes and Bob Dole - but 'Mein Kampf' is OK - LA Times Crazy. https://t.co/ILVXUaLA7d
Moving Beyond the 4 x 4 Classroom...looking back at this past school year as I worked to increase the volume of reading and writing in my classroom