{"id":319,"date":"2009-06-27T12:36:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T09:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltweekly.com\/more\/?p=319"},"modified":"2009-06-27T12:36:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T09:36:56","slug":"eltweekly-issue23-book-of-the-week-activities-for-teaching-english-and-language-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=319","title":{"rendered":"ELTWeekly Issue#23, Book of the week: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas That Really Work!: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts<\/p>\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/search-handle-url\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&amp;search-type=ss&amp;index=books&amp;field-author=Cheryl%20Miller%20Thurston\">Cheryl Miller Thurston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a wealth of practical lessons and activities\u2014from how to correctly use apostrophes to creating &#8220;word snapshot&#8221; posters\u2014this guide contains information that can help any English or language arts teacher inspire middle grade and high school students. Because of its humor, accessible content and format, and often unusual approach to traditional subjects, this fun book has remained popular since its introduction in 1991, with this new edition updating topical references and adding dozens of new lessons and activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51V-LNNnj8L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA240_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cheryl Miller Thurston<\/strong> is a former teacher, a playwright, and author of many books for teachers, including\u00a0<em>Attitude!<\/em><em>, Capitalization<\/em><em>, and The Extra Book<\/em><em>.<\/em><em> <\/em>She is a winner of the Pacific Northwest Writer&#8217;s Conference Play Award. She lives in Loveland, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading level:<\/strong> Ages 9-12<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spiral-bound:<\/strong> 204 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Cottonwood Press, Inc.; 4 Spi edition (April 1, 2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 1877673846<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-1877673849<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Customer Reviews<\/strong><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>No matter the age (we are a high school), students like to be silly and some of the plans in this book will allow the students to be learning while having fun&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right; \">Luann Cogliser<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<div>When the well runs dry, IDEAS THAT WORK can really help teachers find interesting ways to teach English and the language arts. This book is guaranteed to stimulate many positive classroom activities.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right; \">Hank Kellner &#8220;Jerry&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; \">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ideas-That-Really-Work-Activities\/dp\/1877673846\/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245840107&amp;sr=1-26\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ideas That Really Work!: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts\u00a0By\u00a0Cheryl Miller Thurston<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ideas That Really Work!: Activities for Teaching English and Language Arts By\u00a0Cheryl Miller Thurston With a wealth of practical lessons and activities\u2014from how to correctly use apostrophes to creating &#8220;word snapshot&#8221; posters\u2014this guide contains information that can help any English or language arts teacher inspire middle grade and high school students. 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