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1. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Online Professional Development  |  Web Seminar
   Confidence in Community Literacies: Bilingual Writers Reading the World
   In this Web seminar, join Steven Alvarez in considering how the strengths of after-school community programs—connecting with language-minoritized communities in ways that build relationships of trust, or confianza, between parents, extended families, and caring adults in neighborhoods—can inform our practices as teachers of English language learners.
2. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Langston Hughes in the Classroom: "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"
   Carmaletta M. Williams provides high school teachers with background on Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as well as help in teaching Hughes's poetry, short stories, novels, and autobiography.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Poetry Circles: Generative Writing Loops Help Students Craft Verse
   Students put their heads together in a poetry circle to learn and practice different forms of poetry.
4. Professional Development | Grades   8 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Book
   Sherman Alexie in the Classroom: "This is not a silent movie. Our voices will save our lives."
   Provides high school teachers with teaching strategies, classroom activities, and student samples for teaching the works of Sherman Alexie.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 18
   Today is Chris Van Allsburg's birthday.
   Students explore varying points of view, one of Van Allsburg's common themes, by rewriting a traditional story.