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Recent Publications
MCTE Endorses Resolution on High Stakes Testing
In its business meeting on April 26, the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English endorsed the National Resolution on High Stakes Testing, which has also been endorsed by the National Council of Teachers of English. Read the resolution. Sign on as an individual. Encourage other groups you to which you belong to also endorse this resolution. |
Minnesota English Journal 2012Editor: Brian Lewis
Download entire journal
Download individual articles
Purchase a paper copy at
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Read these recent articles by MCTE members published in NCTE journals
Rick Beach
Language Arts
Can Online Learning Communities Foster Professional Development?
Sandy Hayes
Council Chronicles
Lessons from a Lurker
Liz Boeser, Rick Beach, &
Candance Doerr-Stevens
English Journal
Using Online Role-Play to Promote Collaborative Argument and
Collective Action |
New poetry collection
from MCTE member
Larry Gavin
available from
Red Dragonfly Press
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2012 Spring Conference
Resources
Resources from past MCTE Events
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2011 Fall Workshop: photos ~ handouts
Deborah Appleman Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading:Lessons for Teachers of Literature
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2011 Spring Conference: Literacy at the Lake
mcte conference wiki - download handouts from presentations
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Minnesota State Standards in English/Language Arts are posted on MDE website.
For assistance, questions, resources, and more information, contact Charon Tierney, English Language Arts Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education, 651-582-8643, charon.tierney@state.mn.us
The Standards are to be implemented in 2012-13.
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Student Writing Contest Opportunities
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NCTE Contests:
• NCTE Promising Young Writers (8th grade)
~ 2011 Award Winners:
Brie Bednarek & Elizabeth Granlund, Foley
Eloho Urhieyovwe, Oakdale
John Flanagan, The Blake School
Bella Roussanov & Luke Soucy, Wayzata
• NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing (11th grade)
• NCTE PRESLM award program for school literary magazines
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Letters about Literature
sponsored by the Center for the Book
in partnership with TargetLetters about Literature
information and lesson plans
Read the nine 2011 award winning letters from Minnesota students
First place 2011 award winners:
Solomon Polansky, Nicholas Behrens, and Tyler Sturos, recognized at MCTE Spring Conference
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Current Newsletter
MCTE Spring Conference
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Poetry Corner
This space will be devoted to poems by teachers. If you'd like to submit your poetry, email: sjhayes8@gmail.com
previously published poems
After Poetry
By Larry Gavin
After poetry,
the wind switches and the air
has the faint scent of lilacs.
After poetry, fish rise creating
circles that go outward forever and
a language I never understood
becomes my language: I
dream in it. After poetry, the dog
sleeps remarkably on the couch.
After poetry, desperate measures
are taken for normal and buds
burst into flower. After poetry, bees
climb into those flowers.
After poetry, there is another round
of music and another taste
of something delightful.
After poetry, I desire poetry again.
After poetry, cigarrettes and light
poles disappear in smoke.
After poetry, there are tracks
leading to another way to be true.
After poetry, the world is calm
and night settles like a long
sigh. After poetry, everything
and nothing remain the same.
~ from Stone and Sky, Larry Gavin
2011, Red Dragonfly Press
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Upcoming Events:
Monday October 29, 2012
MCTE Fall Workshop
Cris Tovani
Crowne Plaza, Plymouth
November 15-18, 2012
NCTE Convention, Las Vegas
Dream • Connect • Ignite!
2015
November 23-26
NCTE Convention, Minneapolis
MCTE
Classroom Grants
information
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