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		<title>Taky la Penguinita</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I happened to pick up a children&#8217;s story that was translated into Spanish about Tacky the Penguin, translated as Taky la Penguita.  Taky&#8217;s friends were Amable, Correcto, Perfecto (friendly, correct and perfect), while Taky was . . . tacky.  He had on a Hawaiian shirt.  His friends were more demure, and he was flamboyant.  When [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjv2116.wordpress.com&blog=3843690&post=39&subd=mjv2116&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unit of Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unit for the SCWAMP Ideological Framework
English, Communication and Broadcasting &#8211; Media
Begin with the definition of ideology and ideological framework

 Explain how ideology presents itself in actions, thoughts, words, product
 Example: political parties, racism, etc. influencing actions, thoughts, words, product

Introduce the SCWAMP framework -

 Identify what is acceptable according to this framerwork:
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		<title>Response to &#8220;The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write,&#8221; by Anne Haas Dyson</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concerning the group dynamics and completion of the project, it was generally accepted that we felt disconnected from one another and from our text as we generated the presentation separately through Google Docs.  Though the technology seemed to offer us an opportunity to work more efficiently, it also made the process less personal.  Technology may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjv2116.wordpress.com&blog=3843690&post=28&subd=mjv2116&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write, Anne Haas Dyson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dyson spoke with:

·        Parents
·        Miss Rita, the teacher
·        Representatives of KMEL, the local radio station
·        Coach, a member of the staff of the Oakland Raiders
·        Pen, an illustrator for an animated action series
 
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		<title>Agree or Disagree</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The activity used in class on Wednesday involved a group of two or three discussing whether or not they agreed with statements presented to them by the teacher.  In the group, the students had to agree, disagree or place themselves somewhere on an imaginary continuum between the two.
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		<title>Active Listening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Active listening requires that two people speak to one another with the goal of listening intently.  One person speaks for a limited time, another listens; the listener then gives back what the person has said.  It is very difficult for many grad students and high school students to block out their own ideas and opinions, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjv2116.wordpress.com&blog=3843690&post=22&subd=mjv2116&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Critical Reading of a Television Commercial</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;City folks just don&#8217;t get it&#8221;
-Farmersonly.com
As part of the Extra Innings Baseball Package, DirecTv nightly airs the feeds of 15 games, along with their local commercials. I  get to see ads for Sonic, Carl&#8217;s Jr., and many other places that are not represented in my local market.  Farmersonly.com airs a commercial in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mjv2116.wordpress.com&blog=3843690&post=20&subd=mjv2116&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Challenging Venerable Assumptions: Literacy Instruction for Liguistically Different Students,&#8221; Maria de la Luz Reyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a thought.
An article (that I cannot find anywhere!) in the Onion basically read like this:
Legislation passed in Colorado today, making English the official language for all state governmental policies and procedures.  The ban on the use of Spanish has inadvertently required the state of Colorado to change its name.
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		<title>Teaching Other People&#8217;s Children, Cynthia Ballenger</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This literature generally took the attitude that children will learn unless impeded from learning.  It contained at its core an earlier phrasing of the question that motivates many of the most powerful pieces of teacher research today: Why aren&#8217;t all children learning? (p. 11)
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		<title>So&#8230; what is culture, anyway?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad we finally tackled the definition of culture. We seem to blithely talk about it and ours and the ones our students come into our classes with, but there is the small matter of discussion what it actually is.
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