After 40 years of teaching, I have retired from the classroom with many lovely memories, a few embarrassing regrets, and loads of acquired insight into what teaching is really about. In short snippets, I am sharing some of these insights with you in the coming weeks. This is #7. There Is a Book for Everyone - They Just Need to Find It
September 24th is set aside to honor and celebrate Native Americans, the first Americans to live in North America.
It can be celebrated on different dates. For example, in Wisconsin and South Dakota, it falls on the second Monday in October. However, in Nevada and California, the date is celebrated on the fourth Friday in September.
In the USA dozens of books are banned each year for various reasons. Banned Books Week is the annual celebration of the freedom to read. Related Theme: Banned Books Page Banned Books Week | September 26 – October 2, 2021
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. (ALA.org)
Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Medal-winning picture book has become one of the most highly acclaimed and best-loved children's books of all time. (TheLearningCircleOnline) Related Pages: Monsters, Gruffalo
This Theme Page is a Reading Guide to the book The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. Suitable for level A.2.2 - B1. (year 8-9 and above in Sweden) Related Theme: Black Lives Matter
This Theme Page is a Reading Guide to the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie, available in esl-bits.net. Suitable for level A.2.2 - B1. (year 8-9 and above in Sweden) Related Themes: Native Americans 7-9, Thanksgiving …
This Theme Page is a Reading Guide to the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon, suitable for level A.2.2 - B1. (year 8-9 and above in Sweden)
Background This unit is for Teen Beginners with no or very little knowledge of English. A1.2. activities are for "False Beginners", i.e. students who think they do not know English, but who have learned the very basics either in the street or in an elementary classroom (long ago).
