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Getting GHETTO Kids to Write Essays

Author : Matt Amaral Published: December 31st, 2010
Getting GHETTO Kids to Write Essays

LESSON PLAN: Writing Body ParagraphsAs I’ve said before in my blog, I teach a class of 9th graders who are reading at about a 5th and 6th grade level. A high percentage of them are Special-Ed students, and most of them are GHETTO in [...]

Back-Pocket Poetry

Author : Matt Amaral Published: December 25th, 2010
Back-Pocket Poetry

Looking back on the year so far, I’ve decided to write about some of the best lessons I’ve done in the hopes it will give you ideas you can use in your own classrooms. I’ve made a category for it called “Lesson Plans.” My plan is to fill [...]

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122/2012
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9/3/2012
Thinking about teaching a book for Latinos? Use The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, and join the dozens of educators who have downloaded Matt and Dan's HOMS curriculum, available here at teach4real for the cost of two iced mochas.

4/10/2012
Check out my new To Kill a Mockingbird Starter Unit. It includes my Famous Facebook Profiles for Characters Analysis. Brand new today!

2/10/2012
My Famous Facebook Templates for Character Analysis have been updated!! Just download my Free Romeo and Juliet Starter Unit and you will have a rewritable Word doc to change for any characters in any story you want!

2/2/2012
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