Welcome to the
Wonderful World of English/
Journalism/SpeechTheatre Education! DED 075
Connect Our Journeys :-) Twitter: @sherbev Goodreads.com: vickisherbert@gmail.com
“Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins
United States Poet Laureate 2001-2003 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176056
Why teach English/ Journalism/Speech-Theatre? Best of all subject areas! Something for everyone! Students need to Read, Write, Speak, and View across all content areas!
Essentials......
WE have to BE what we want THEM to BE Readers
Passionate
Writers
Respectful
Thinkers
Curious
Risk-takers
Perseverant
Learners
Kind
Things to do right away‌. Begin accumulating and documenting professional hours https://www.coe.k-state.edu/ field-experiences/professionaldevelopment-hours.html Consider ways literacy impacts every subject area Stay in contact with Dr. Sherbert :-) Start feeding you teacher soul (see next slide!)
Start feeding your "teacher soul" now. :-) National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) ncte.org Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE) kansasenglish.org Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE (ALAN) alan-ya.org Special Interest Group: Network on Adolescent Literature (SIGNAL) signal-ya.org International Reading Association (IRA) reading.org Kansas Reading Association (KRA) kansasread.org Journalism Education Association (JEA) jea.org Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) https://www.schooltheatre.org/ home
Other Nourishment Book Love by Penny Kittle What a Writer Needs by Ralph Fletcher Wonder by R.J. Palacio Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf by Jennifer L. Holm
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