by DianneSalerni | Feb 23, 2010 | Sourcebooks Fire, Twitter, We Hear the Dead
Okay, the photo to the right is a picture of my ARCs of We Hear the Dead. Aren’t they pretty? They don’t have a whole lot to do with this blog post, but I wanted to show them off anyway. I’ve already stopped every single person at work who would stand still to look at...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 20, 2010 | education, Sourcebooks Fire, teaching, We Hear the Dead, writing
Anyone who is a teacher will be familiar with Process Writing as taught in the classroom. It consists of steps labeled Pre-Writing, Drafting, Conferencing, Revising, Editing, and Publishing. These steps are often recursive, as writers may conference several times,...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 15, 2010 | Elisha Kane, Maggie Fox, We Hear the Dead, writing
It’s probably time I explain the volcano picture at the top of this blog site. People who are familiar with the historical characters in We Hear the Dead have probably already guessed – that’s Dr. Elisha Kane’s volcano.Not his personal volcano, of course, but the one...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 13, 2010 | education, PSSA, reading, testing
Reading in today’s society tends to be a social activity. People share books, recommend them, discuss them, blog about them, and list them on virtual library sites. However, across the nation, NCLB requires states to test reading in isolation. Students must make sense...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 10, 2010 | history, Philadelphia
No, I’m not talking about the Blizzards of 2010!I realize that I was supposed to post the second half of my reading/testing essay today, but I was diverted by a statement on the news last night. “A few more inches,” said John Bolaris, the Philly weather guy, with a...
