This post includes language arts and interdisciplinary activities for The Scavengers, by Michael Perry. It’s part of a series that shares language arts and interdisciplinary activities for selections from Duke TIP’s 4th–6th Grade Online Book Club, which you can re-purpose for your classroom.
Argument Fallacies: Avoid These, Please!
The Listicle Lesson: Challenging Gifted Youth to Do Critical Research
Media Creation for Gifted Youth: Video in the ELA Classroom
Expand Your Mind Now…Not Just During Black History Month
This post provides a rationale for pushing outside our comfort zones when it comes to our personal point of view and crafting a more diverse and inclusive curriculum. As educators, in honor of Black History Month, we can reflect on our points of view, celebrate diversity, see whiteness, and read with abandon. This post is the first in a series.
Amplifying #OwnVoices: Exploring and Challenging Gender Norms
TIPs for the 2019 Writing Contest
Amplifying #OwnVoices: Confronting Microaggressions and Finding Empowerment
This post is the fifth in a series about including diverse voices in English curriculum while exploring issues and needs related to gifted students. This series will focus on various essays found in the YA nonfiction anthology, Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America.…
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