language_lab

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Writing Territories Topics How Young People Communicate My mother - how she became so selfless My father - how he could "up and leave" Eppy's stroke George's journey home The Summer of Summer of the Kittens San Francisco - a magical city My first house the apartment between KFC, BK and Iglesia Dios finding my brother   my unknown ancestry   music that matters   middle school - evolution from junior high schools   documentaries that combine visuals with stories   stories of people who live here   stories of people who lived here in the past   stories of people who make a difference   stories of people who chose not to make a difference Genres poems short stories memoirs research papers letters feature articles thank you notes speeches birthday cards and notes lists tweets and status updates lesson plans student evaluations grant proposals and reports to donors reviews of events and experiences Audiences myself my friends and family other teachers my students parents of my students parents of other students my education colleagues elected legislators and policymakers my professor readers of the newspaper readers of blogs & twitter grant donors

=Reading Territories =

Favorite Authors of Fiction
Lewis Carroll Sharon Creech

Favorite Poets/Songwriters
Michael Rosen Jason Mraz Tori Amos Shel Silverstein

Favorite Playwrights
Woody Allen Arthur Laurents

Favorite Authors for Adolescents
Gary D. Schmidt Ralph Fletcher Michael Rosen

Favorite Authors for Adults
Anita Diamant Frank McCourt Rafe Esquith Timothy Tyson

Favorite Authors for Children
Peter H. Reynolds Mo Willems Shel Silverstein

Favorite Rereads
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Red Scarf Girl La Linea Love That Dog

Professional Reading
Tim Rasinski Diane Ravitch Kelly Gallagher Cris Tovani Larry Ferlazzo Bill Ferriter Stephanie Harvey & Smokey Daniels Rick Wormeli

Guilty Pleasures
Real Simple horoscopes Mutts comic strip Fables

Writing-in-Process
my research papers and projects for my Master's program (drafts through final products) friends' drafts students' drafts

Correspondence
tweets & status updates (w/ links) email letters and cards from friends

Daily Life
bills contracts recipes food labels instructions

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