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The NCTE Institute for 21st Century Literacies
 | Extend your learning and growth for a full year after the Institute by using your free license for the NCTE’s PD Program, Pathways to Advance 21st Century Literacies.
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 Secondary Blog
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Ideas and Strategies
Using Movies in the Classroom
| George Lucas was born this month, and that makes it a great time to think about how we can use films in the classroom, whether we analyze and explore existing videos or we ask students to step behind the camera and take on the filmmaker's role. |
Plan Now for Summer Reading
| May is Get Caught Reading Month (G), and it's time to start making your plans to encourage students to keep reading once classes are over. Try these resources to get your students involved in independent reading all summer long.
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Secondary Books
Preventing Plagiarism: Tips and Techniques
 | DeSena offers a practical guide on how high school and college teachers can structure assignments and guide students so that students don't plagiarize. |
Guidelines for the Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts, 2006 Edition
 | The 2006 version of the Guidelines, prepared by the NCTE Standing Committee on Teacher Preparation and Certification, outlines the basic foundational elements of effective English teacher preparation programs and describes how these programs might provide support for candidates when they graduate into their own classrooms. NOTE: This document is available as a FREE, printable PDF. Hard copies are not available for purchase.
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Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
 | Edited by James Bucky Carter, this collection of essays by classroom teachers demonstrates how to pair graphic novels with classic literature (including both canonical and YA lit) in ways that enrich students' understanding of both and that thoroughly engage them in literacy. |
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