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Guest Post from Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts

 

Close reading is a hot topic, it has the potential to drag the energy from our classrooms OR to inspire new passions for analyzing texts, media, and life. Join us as we guest host the first #engchat of the new year on January 6th at 7PM ET. Everyone is welcome! Bring your ideas and questions from your classroom, from our new book Falling in Love with Close Reading: Lessons for Analyzing Texts–and Life (Heinemann 2013), and from your own “close living” of life.  It is sure to be an exciting conversation!

 

To prepare for our chat, we invite you to check out the archive of our 2013 “Close Reading Blog-a-thon” here (http://christopherlehman.wordpress.com/oddsends/we-are-closely-reading-close-reading/) or samples from our new book here (http://heinemann.sites.hubspot.com/falling-in-love-with-close-reading-sample).

 

Looking forward to ringing in 2014 with the #engchat educator community!

#engchat 2014

#engchat is taking rest of the month off, hope you too get some time to read, rejuvenate, and let’s make 2014 awesome. Thanks.

 

Archive for 12/2/13

Tonight’s chat, hosted by John Spencer (@edrethink), asked “What are the pros and cons of the push toward informational text in the Common Core?” Be sure to check out the 15 page archive for some amazing ideas and conversation!

 

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Welcome to The New #engchat

We’re excited to finally show off #engchat’s new look, we’re still working out all the kinks and ask that you bear with us until we get the site in working order

Archive for 11/18/13

I missed tonight’s chat because I was finishing my presentation, but I can’t wait to see everyone in a few days!  Be sure to check out the archive, because tonight’s chat was all about #ncte13!  There are some great ideas here and some great tips.  Whether you are a veteran or first-time attendee, you will learn a lot.

Be sure to dress in layers- looks like Boston will be freezing Sunday and Monday!  :)

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Archive for 11/11/13

Tonight’s chat, hosted by @danamhuff, was chock full of great ideas for multigenre projects.  Be sure to page through the archive for some amazing ideas!

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Archive for 11/4/13

Thanks to Peter Gutierrez who hosted tonight’s chat and led us through a great conversation about scriptwriting in the English classroom and across disciplines1

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Guest Post from Peter Gutierrez

At once ubiquitous and invisible in the ELA curriculum, scripts are a neglected resource when it comes to a range of important literacies. As texts-to-be-read, scripts surface when we encounter teleplays by Rod Serling or Howard Koch’s “The War of the Worlds” radio drama in literature basals—not to mention Shakespeare, Readers Theatre, and so on. But what of scriptwriting, a practice that’s rarely connected to such reading, and even more rarely the topic of explicit instruction? In this chat we’ll ask…

How is scriptwriting vital to addressing multi-modal, media, and outside-of-school literacies?
How can it transform traditional writing modes/products into forms that are more engaging or authentic? (Think digital storytelling, comics, etc.)
What are the common traits of all scripts such that learning can be easily transferred from one medium to another? 

Hope you’ll join the conversation on Monday Nov. 4th at 7 PM ET! Thanks. 

Archive for 10/28/13

Time for our monthly #engsschat, when #engchat and #sschat come together!  This month’s host, @steph_smac, led us through a lively discussion of “Writing to Learn”.  Be sure to check out the archive below.

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