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Saturday, April 25, 2009

San Diego is an ideas economy!

Well worth the traffic and brief trip to San Diego. The English teacher's conference was full of welcoming, and wise like-minded and open people. Robin Turner ROCKS. So eager to read his book. Thanks everyone! Carol, I'll be in touch!


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  • Dream in color
  • How to wiki
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  • Teaching English to bilingual learners
  • The Puente Program
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  • The Masters School, NY curriculum guide
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Schools researched

  • Bishop Conaty Our Lady of Loretto High, LA
  • Brigham Young University, Utah
  • Dixon Middle School, Utah
  • Fallon Middle School, San Fransisco
  • Independence High School, Utah
  • La Jolla High School, San Diego
  • Leadership High School, San Fransisco
  • Long Beach Polytechnic, California
  • Mercersburg Academy, PA
  • Pomfret School, CT
  • Santa Monica High School, LA
  • Tabor Academy, MA
  • The Masters School, NY
  • The Williston Northampton School, MA
  • Warwick Academy, Bermuda
  • Willowbrook Middle School, LA

Suggested Book Titles from Research

  • Gertrude Talks Back by Margaret Atwood
  • Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
  • Poetry by Langston Hughes
  • The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorn
  • All the King's Men by Robert Penn Wright
  • The Lottery bY Shirley Jackson
  • Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
  • The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie

My published work and media coverage

  • Bilingual education TV interview
  • Digital Unit of work
  • Dream to add NZ voices
  • Media Release Westfied Scholarship win
  • National Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Scholarship win
  • Sports writer visit
  • The world of text: Magic of Childhood unit
  • Thinking Skills presentation and published unit
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  • Year 11 Class page
  • Year 12 class page
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