Teacher’s Corner is a monthly newsletter from eNotes just for teachers. In it, experienced educator and eNotes contributor Susan Hurn shares her tips, tricks, and insight into the world of teaching. Check out this month’s Teacher’s Corner column below, or sign up to receive the complete newsletter in your inbox at eNotes.com. Keeping Up with Assessment…
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Teacher’s Corner is a monthly newsletter from eNotes just for teachers. In it, experienced educator and eNotes contributor Susan Hurn shares her tips, tricks, and insight into the world of teaching. Check out this month’s Teacher’s Corner column below, or sign up to receive the complete newsletter in your inbox at eNotes.com. Whether you’re a new…
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On August 11, 2014, thousands of teens and their parents eagerly purchased tickets for the long-awaited film adaptation of Lois Lowry's 1994 Newbery Award-winning novel The Giver. My teenaged son read it in junior high and loved it. I loved it too. Like Madelyn L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, Lowry's The Giver has a subterranean…
7 lesser-known facts that may make you see the beloved author and philanthropist of the Victorian era in a new light... by Michelle Ossa 1. He suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder from his time at Warren's Shoeblacking Factory and Warehouse At the age of 12, Charles Dickens suffers a life-changing event that forever marks his life. His…
Teacher’s Corner is a monthly newsletter from eNotes just for teachers. In it, experienced educator and eNotes contributor Susan Hurn shares her tips, tricks, and insight into the world of teaching. This month, she's looking to the future of teaching with a skeptical eye. Check out this month’s Teacher’s Corner column below, or sign up to…
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Hear more about the latest update on The Boy Who Lived, published on Rowling's Pottermore website yesterday. HP superfans will be delighted to hear that author JK Rowling, despite insisting that she won't return to write another addition to her popular series, has released a short update on the adult lives of her beloved characters. The…
Teacher's Corner is a monthly newsletter from eNotes just for teachers. In it, experienced educator and eNotes contributor Susan Hurn shares her tips, tricks, and insight into the world of teaching. Check out this month's Teacher's Corner column below, or sign up to receive the complete newsletter in your inbox at eNotes.com. Recently over lunch, a…
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