English Teacher's Month-by-Month Activities Kit Ó¢Óï½Ìʦ»î¶¯¿Î¹¤¾ßÏä

Following is just a sampling of the reproducible activities you ll find each month:
SEPTEMBER: Classmate Interview...Comparing Agatha Christie and Stephen King... What Do You Know About Fiction?
OCTOBER: Ezra Pound: A Traitor?...What would you do if you were President?... Emily Post: The Etiquette Test...The words of Mahatma Gandi
NOVEMBER: Dialogue in The Red Badge of Courage...Roy Campanella vs. Joe DiMaggio...Violence on TV...Novel Study Project
DECEMBER: Austen vs. Dickinson vs. Cather...Poetry...True/False Survey...Evaluating the Personal Narrative...Benjamin Franklin & Poor Richard s Almanac JANUARY: The History of Fantasy Writing..."I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr....Nonfiction Book Study...New Year s Resolutions FEBRUARY: Letter Writing Survey...Toni Morrison vs. Judy Blume vs. Alice Walker ...John Grisham¡ª A History of Best-Sellers MARCH: People Magazine and Celebrities...Motifs in Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter...Robert Frost and His Wisdom...Literary Terms and "Jeopardy" APRIL: Overcoming Gobbledygook...William Shakespeare Preview Questions... Caricatures and Washington Irving...April Fool s Day¡ª The History
MAY: Limericks...The Novels of Robert Ludlum...A Preview of Paul Zindel...The Words of Malcolm X JUNE: Letter for Summer Reading...Lou Gehrig s speech¡ª Yankee Stadium¡ª 1939...When it s time to get a job!...Preparing for an Interview
And to help you with your lesson planning, each monthly section begins with a "Quick Locator"¡ª a complete listing of each lesson and activity cross-referenced to important areas of the English curriculum!...

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Keith Manos, currently an English teacher at Richmond Heights (OH) High School,has taught writing to grades 7 through 12 for over 20 years at four different high schools. His students poetry, fiction, and essays have earned them awards and recog-nition after being accepted for publication in local and national magazines. In 2000,Keith was named Ohio s English Teacher of the Year by the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts.
In 1993 Keith earned a Master s Degree in English (Creative Writing) from Cleveland State University. His skill as a teacher of writing has enabled him to serve as an editor of various educational newsletters and student publications. He has conducted many in-service seminars for writers, teachers, and coaches.
He is the author of many articles directed toward teachers and coaches which have appeared in national publications such as Scholastic Coach, Wesleyan Advocate,School Library Journal, Strategies, Accent, Athletic Management, HiCall, Athletic Business, Lutheran Journal, Visions, New Earth Review, and Wrestling USA, among others.
Wrestling Coaches Survival Guide (1995), Writing Smarter (1998), and Coach s and
Athletic Director s Complete Book of Forms and Letters (2000) were also published by
Prentice Hall.
Currently, Keith is marketing two young adult novels while he continues to do freelance writing.
Keith is also a well-known motivational speaker for civic organizations, athletic teams, and awards programs in the Cleveland area when he isn t spending time with his wife and three children.

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