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Book Group Discussion Guide

Book Group Discussion Guide

Posted on October 23, 2016March 5, 2017 by Lauren Crowley
Below is a form that I use with my older or more responsible students to record their discussion and questions when doing literature circles or book groups.  For younger students, I like to assign m... Read More
Close Reading Task Cards

Close Reading Task Cards

Posted on October 19, 2016March 5, 2017 by Lauren Crowley
Below are some task cards that I have put together using MS Publisher. They are intended to be used with any fiction text: poem or prose. You can change the wording to make them more directed or text-... Read More
What Does the Text Say?

What Does the Text Say?

Posted on July 26, 2016March 5, 2017 by Lauren Crowley
[insert_php] // INSTRUCTIONS: array(“url”,”title”,”type”,”size”), // AND only the last array() line does NOT have a comma at the end $downloads = array(... Read More

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Hi, I'm Lauren. I'm in my tenth year of teaching secondary ELA and occasionally world history. I'm a returned Peace Corps volunteer, a master's graduate, and a new mom!

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