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64 Articles Categorized Under English Language Arts

English Language Arts
April 25 2022

Facts into Fiction: How genealogy and local history enriched the narrative of What Sammy Knew

By David Laskin   After a long career successful in narrative nonfiction (The Children’s Blizzard, The Long Way Home, The Family), I decided a few years ago to jump the fence to fiction. My first novel, What Sammy Knew, is the story of a high school senior named Sammy Stein who, in the first months

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Facts into Fiction: How genealogy and local history enriched the narrative of What Sammy Knew

English Language Arts
April 25 2022
General Education & Professional Learning English Language Arts Favorite Authors & Series References Science Social Studies The Arts History High School Middle School Graphic Novels Classroom Libraries Translanguaging Collections
April 19 2022

NEW! PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

Translanguaging is a communicative practice of bilinguals and multilinguals, that is, it is a practice whereby bilinguals and multilinguals use their entire linguistic repertoire to communicate and make meaning (García, 2009; García, Ibarra Johnson, & Seltzer, 2017)   It is through that lens that we have partnered with teacher educators and bilingual education experts, Drs.

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NEW! PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

General Education & Professional Learning English Language Arts Favorite Authors & Series References Science Social Studies The Arts History High School Middle School Graphic Novels Classroom Libraries Translanguaging Collections
April 19 2022
English Language Arts
April 12 2022

Join the Minecraft League of Literacy Build Challenge!

Imagine being stranded on a mysterious island. As the sun gets lower in the sky, you start to think about the kind of shelter you’ll need to survive. And knowing that the landscape will soon be teeming with hostile mobs doesn’t help! We’re giving students the chance to immerse themselves in this exhilarating scenario as

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Join the Minecraft League of Literacy Build Challenge!

English Language Arts
April 12 2022
General English Language Arts
March 31 2022

From Page to Screen: Watch the Movie Trailer for This Summer’s Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing, the #1 New York Times bestselling book by Delia Owens has been adapted into a major motion picture, coming to theaters nationwide on July 15.  For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found

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From Page to Screen: Watch the Movie Trailer for This Summer’s Where the Crawdads Sing

General English Language Arts
March 31 2022
English Language Arts
March 18 2022

English Language Arts

Are you teaching English Language Arts?   Here are some popular and recent titles from our extensive selection of books for the classroom that are available through the subject lists on our website, including a wide range of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and literary criticism. Here is a small selection of the books available:  

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English Language Arts

English Language Arts
March 18 2022
English Language Arts
March 17 2022

Sara Nović on How English Class Was Her Refuge and the Value of Disability Representation

Contributed by Sara Nović, author of True Biz: A Novel, a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Following the students at the River Valley School for the Deaf, it is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf

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Sara Nović on How English Class Was Her Refuge and the Value of Disability Representation

English Language Arts
March 17 2022
English Language Arts The Arts
March 15 2022

Brendan Slocumb discusses his novel The Violin Conspiracy

Fresh off his appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America as the February Book Club selection, Brendan Slocumb recently returned to his childhood home of rural North Carolina to discuss his debut novel The Violin Conspiracy, which tells the story of Ray McMillian, who is determined to become a world-class professional violinist. When his great-great-grandfather’s priceless

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Brendan Slocumb discusses his novel The Violin Conspiracy

English Language Arts The Arts
March 15 2022
English Language Arts Science Advanced Placement High School
February 23 2022

In Memoriam: Dr. Paul Farmer, Subject of Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains (1959–2022)

Dr. Paul Farmer, medical anthropologist, physician, and professor at Harvard Medical School, passed away on February 21, 2022, in Butaro, Rwanda. Dr. Farmer was the subject of Tracy Kidder’s 2003 book Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World. The book is an account of the difference

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In Memoriam: Dr. Paul Farmer, Subject of Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains (1959–2022)

English Language Arts Science Advanced Placement High School
February 23 2022
English Language Arts Social Studies Advanced Placement High School
February 8 2022

Tara Westover’s Special Message to Students (Educated, Now Available in Paperback)

Educated, now available in paperback, is an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. One of the most acclaimed books of our time, it has been taught in classrooms across the country and been selected for common

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Tara Westover’s Special Message to Students (Educated, Now Available in Paperback)

English Language Arts Social Studies Advanced Placement High School
February 8 2022
English Language Arts High School
January 13 2022

Salt in My Soul: Watch the Documentary Based on the Book, Available to Stream January 25

Salt in My Soul is Mallory Smith’s posthumously published memoir, the collected diaries of a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a meaningful and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug—from age 15 to her death at the age of 25. Mallory’s story of resilience has resonated in classrooms across

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Salt in My Soul: Watch the Documentary Based on the Book, Available to Stream January 25

English Language Arts High School
January 13 2022
General English Language Arts
December 13 2021

How DK’s English for Everyone Has Led ELLs to Proficiency

English for Everyone is a smart, simple, and highly visual language course designed to help anyone of any starting level to learn English. Though originally created for learners self-studying at home, ESL teacher Katherine Fedor of Virginia Beach City Public Schools has seen great success in using the series as a classroom resource for children

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How DK’s English for Everyone Has Led ELLs to Proficiency

General English Language Arts
December 13 2021
General English Language Arts Books in Spanish Graphic Novels
December 3 2021

The New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021

The New York Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2021. This is their annual recommendations for kids, teens, and adults, all curated by expert librarians. The titles that made the lists encompass fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, poetry, kids’ books in Spanish, and much more. All of these books are available in the Library’s

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The New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021

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