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As a former English teacher myself, I’m not sure I agree (and pretty sure I disagree) with some of these assessments, but it’s worth a read and a consideration.
Some thoughts about what we should be teaching in English class:
“Those who didn’t make it onto the honors or A.P. track hardly mention writing or reading at all. They talk about giving oral presentations and keeping reading journals evaluated with a big, meaningless check. They reveal putting on skits, reenacting some scene in a novel or play whose title they can’t recall. One student recounts a month of junior English class in which she and her classmates produced digital short film adaptations of the trial in ‘The Scarlet Letter…’”
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