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//Welcome to the __George Mason English Education__ wiki! Here you will find://

 * ==//Book Reviews of YA Literature (see below for a genre Key)//==
 * ==//Lesson Plans//==
 * ==//Unit Plan outlines//==
 * ==//Reader Response Activities//==
 * ==//Links to// articles and websites related to teaching (see below)==

__PONDER THIS__: "If you pay a kid to read books, their grades go up higher than if you actually pay a kid for grades...Isn't that cool?" Roland Fryer Jr., professor of economics and lead researcher on a large-scale study to measure effects of monetary rewards on school achievement. Source: //Time// magazine, April 19, 2010.

__Book Review Key__
 * Rom** = Romance
 * Teen** = Deals with teenage problems/issues
 * Sport** = Sports play a part in the plot
 * Act/Adv** = Action/Adventure
 * Thrill** = Thriller
 * SciFi** = Science Fiction
 * Hist Fic** = Historical Fiction
 * Cul Res** = Culturally Responsive (contributes to a culturally diverse classroom library)

1. Jim Burke's Ning (a place where English teachers "meet" and share ideas): http://englishcompanion.ning.com/ 2. ReadWriteThink (contains teacher-tested and NCTE/IRA-approved lesson plans on a variety of ELA subjects):** http://www.readwritethink.org/
 * __Teacher Resources for Planning and Support:__

Useful Links and Articles on Teaching: 1. New York Times Article on "Building a Better Teacher": http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Teachers-t.html?pagewanted=1 www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/11/04/10conflict_ep.h29.html 3. The proposed Common Core Standards for the English Language Arts: @http://www.corestandards.org/Standards/K12/
 * 2. An article on the English Language Arts field's reaction to the new Common Core Standards for reading and writing:**

This wiki was created by Dr. Alison Heron Hruby, Assistant Professor of English Education at George Mason University