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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

Summertime, and the Reading Is Easy.

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Reading Closely, Vocabulary
  • Date May 8, 2020
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Dear Dr. Louis, Our district is considering summer reading. What is your opinion? Delainey   Dear Delainey: One answer: the best of times; the worst of times. I say that because summer reading and any outside reading requirement can be …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

In Search of the Truth: The Dialectical Journal

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Reading Closely
  • Date April 15, 2020
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I am wondering about the Dialectical Journal form. My students complete dialectical journals as we read our novels, but I love this form that you attached . . . we do them in a journal notebook in class. Now that …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

Tangible and Intangible Standards: The Argument for Teaching Novels and Dramas

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Core Literature, Literary Analysis, Planning and Preparation, Reading Closely
  • Date February 13, 2020
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Dear Dr. Louis, I need your insight and expertise. As so much continues to shift and change in our district, we have had more and more questions around all things English Language Arts (ELA) and literacy. Some folks believe that …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

There’s No Place Like Tone: Using the Thesaurus to Teach Denotation and Connotation

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Core Literature, Reading Closely, Vocabulary
  • Date April 6, 2017
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Dear Dr. Louis, “Quick question — I was just reviewing my notes from the webinars and remember that at one point, an online dictionary/thesaurus was referenced for the term ‘left out’ that helped students consider word choice that held the …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

The Vertical Vision: Hitting on All Cylinders (PART IV OF IV – Writing)

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Commentary, Concrete Details, Core Literature, Embedding Quotations, Grammar, JSWP Methodology, Modes, Ratios, The Chunk, Vocabulary
  • Date April 7, 2016
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Dear Teachers, Today is the fourth blog in a four-part series called “Hitting on All-Cylinders” (HOAC). The series began with one of my colleagues asking me how to get everything done in a given year. In other words, her Scope and Sequence (S&S) …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

Life is a Timed Test!: How to Integrate ELA Skills and Concepts to Achieve Goals and Complete the Scope and Sequence

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Blog, Core Literature, Grammar, Planning and Preparation, Reading Closely, Syntax, Testing, Vocabulary
  • Date January 27, 2016
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  Dear Dr. D’, “Our Scope and Sequence is huge, and I do not know how to get everything done and include the Jane Schaffer Writing Program, too. Help!! I’m drowning!”  Lisa  Dear Lisa, Most teachers feel the same as …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

Archetype of the Month: The King

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  • Categories Archetypes, Blog, Reading Closely
  • Date September 17, 2015
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I like to begin teaching archetypes with the fairy tale. One of my favorite fairy tales is “Sleeping Beauty.” At the beginning of this popular fairy tale, the reader is introduced to the King and the Queen. To begin, a teacher …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

Archetype of the Week: The Orphan

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories Archetypes, Blog, Reading Closely
  • Date August 26, 2015
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Getting to know your students is paramount in your year being a successful one. That’s one of the reasons why the Diagnostic Essay is important that first week. Pretty soon, you’ll discover who your kids “really” are, and some or …

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Dr. Deborah E. Louis

Inference: Unlocking the Prison Door to Close Reading Strategies

  • Posted by Dr. Deborah E. Louis
  • Categories AP®/IB, Blog, Core Literature, Reading Closely, Style, Tone
  • Date June 11, 2015
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Dear Dr. D’, My 10th grade American Literature students just don’t get it. I mean, when they are reading a fictional piece or a non-fictional piece, they don’t know how to infer. They don’t know how to look deeper into …

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