English Club
This is a website where English teachers can trade lesson plans and communicate via discussion forums.
Author Archives: Kate Bueltmann
NCTE
NCTE Website
This link is to the National Council for Teachers of English website. It has many useful resources for teachers including full lesson plans, articles, and tips. Check it out!
Teacher Vision
English Content Resources
Teacher Vision is a great resource for teachers. It has a bunch of powerpoints and worksheets categorized by genre and age group. Check it out!
Curriculum and Instruction Strategies for Middle Grades
Course Description: This course involves the study of a variety of curriculum designs and instructional strategies utilized at the middle grade level. Emphasis is placed on strategies and innovative middle level programs and practices. Extensive field experience is required and portions of the course are conducted off campus. (Taken from my.butler course descriptions)
Instructional Resources
Instructional Resources
Co-Teaching
Co-teaching is an intriguing topic. Teachers must share a classroom and teach together. There must be a delicate balance between the two teachers to keep the classroom peaceful. However, two teachers in one classroom allows for more one-on-one time with students. Below is a helpful link for co-teaching strategies.
Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers are an excellent way to keep students’ thoughts and information organized. Below is a document filled with all kinds of graphic organizers.
raised by poetry
Raised By Poetry
Building community is an essential part of having an effective and productive classroom. Below are a few resources for building community in the classroom
“Raised By” Poems are a way for students to get creative, and teach the rest of the class about their backgrounds. Students compose a poem that lists all the different things they were raised by.
Common Core Standards
Click Here to view a copy of the English Language Arts Common Core Standards.
EN 386: Studies in Rhetoric
Studies in Rhetoric
Course Description: Offers general and specialized study of the history, criticism, theory, literature and application of the rhetorical arts.
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Aristophanes’ Clouds Reflection
EN 363: Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Course Description: Studies representative comedies, tragedies and histories in both their historical and intellectual contexts and their adaptations to modern performance (Taken from My.Butler course description).
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EN 322: Comparative Literature II
Comparative Literature II
Course Description: Studies world literature in historical, aesthetic and cultural context with special attention paid to issues in literary and translation theory (Taken from My.Butler course description).
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