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Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Nov 2011

Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Considers how to get today's schoolchild and college student to move from the words to the picture, then back again. Explores the teaching technique of having students draw what the piece of literature describes. Finds that drawing the visual image provides a much better chance of understanding a work's significance. Describes how to apply this idea with a homework assignment.


Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Nov 2011

Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Hal Blythe

Notes that teachers who teach short fiction must consider several things when choosing which works to teach. Describes criteria the authors use when selecting works for their literature classes (World Literature Survey, American Literature, and Principles of Literary Study). Concludes by affirming the importance of choosing short fiction.


The Caufield Family Of Writers In The Catcher In The Rye, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Oct 2002

The Caufield Family Of Writers In The Catcher In The Rye, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Moody's Blues, Hal Charles Oct 2002

Moody's Blues, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Ict Acheivers Program, Anne-Marie Chase, Greg Powell Oct 2002

Ict Acheivers Program, Anne-Marie Chase, Greg Powell

Dr Anne-Marie Chase

On 6 February 2002, the Minister for Innovation, Industry and Regional Development announced the 50 successful schools to pilot the ICT Achievers Program.


Holden's Mysterious Hat, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Aug 2002

Holden's Mysterious Hat, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Decentralisation Of Professional Development: Teachers' Decisions And Dilemmas, Philip Kelly, Mcdiarmid Williamson Jun 2002

Decentralisation Of Professional Development: Teachers' Decisions And Dilemmas, Philip Kelly, Mcdiarmid Williamson

Philip P. Kelly

This study examines professional development activities under the omnibus Kentucky Education Reform Act and finds them lacking. It addresses three related questions. Are Kentucky teachers, in fact, in charge of their own professional development? What are the formats and foci of the professional development opportunities teachers are planning? How is professional development changing in the increasingly high–stakes environment created by the accountability movement? Analysis of professional development activities reveals systemic weaknesses that are counterproductive to improving teacher quality. Chief among these weaknesses are system–wide ignorance of alternative professional development activities and a failure to define professional development engagement beyond the …


Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Making The Right Call: Criteria For Choosing Short Fiction, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Notes that teachers who teach short fiction must consider several things when choosing which works to teach. Describes criteria the authors use when selecting works for their literature classes (World Literature Survey, American Literature, and Principles of Literary Study). Concludes by affirming the importance of choosing short fiction.


Lawrence's 'The Odor Of Chrysanthemums, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Lawrence's 'The Odor Of Chrysanthemums, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Road Rage, Hal Charles Dec 2001

Road Rage, Hal Charles

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Drawing On Memory: A Technique For Making Short Fiction Come Alive, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

Considers how to get today's schoolchild and college student to move from the words to the picture, then back again. Explores the teaching technique of having students draw what the piece of literature describes. Finds that drawing the visual image provides a much better chance of understanding a work's significance. Describes how to apply this idea with a homework assignment.


The Superhero Formula, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

The Superhero Formula, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


Playing Up Anticipation, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe Dec 2001

Playing Up Anticipation, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.


The Last Boy Of Summer, Charlie Sweet Dec 2001

The Last Boy Of Summer, Charlie Sweet

Charlie Sweet

No abstract provided.