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Rubrics are an awesome way to streamline and standardize grading practices that can be used to many things. Honestly, teaching can often be subjective as most Language Arts teachers know. If you can quantify what you are looking for in your students' work it will help them know what to expect and will help you get through their work quicker.

Grading with Rubrics originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at 00:07:39.

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Sometimes teachers are faced with a classroom situation where they have no texts available. Teaching without a text can be a really scary situation for new and veteran teachers. While there are many challenges for teachers faced with this situation, there are also many rewards waiting for those who persevere. This article talks about these challenges and gives teachers tips to help them face this situation.

Teaching Without a Text originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 00:01:39.

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Looking for a way to integrate more writing into your curriculum? Here you can find a plethora of persuasive essay prompts for courses throughout the curriculum including business, fine arts, math, physical education, and social studies amongst others.

Persuasive Essay Prompts originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 00:08:42.

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Parent-teacher conferences are an important part of helping children succeed in school. Most secondary school programs do not require a yearly parent-teacher conference, so when these occur they are typically for students who are struggling with either their behavior or their classwork. Therefore, it is important for secondary educators to take the time to prepare themselves for these conferences and to make them as effective as possible. This list of ten tips for successful parent-teacher conferences was created with this goal in mind.

Top Tips for Successful Parent Teacher Conferences originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 00:03:12.

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This guide explains step by step how your students can write the perfect five paragraph essay. It can also be a useful reference to give them while they are writing.

Writing a Five Paragraph Essay originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 00:37:14.

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Teaching, as most new teachers find out very quickly, is as much about the day-to-day instruction as it is about mastering daily housekeeping routines. Collecting homework is one part of daily classroom management that can cause many teachers problems. This article focuses on effective ways that you can take care of collecting homework with a minimum of disruption.

What's the Best Way to Collect Homework? originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 00:23:00.

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Want to know what it takes to be a successful teacher? If you work on and nurture these top six characteristics, you will be on your way to success. The fact is that success in teaching, as in most areas of life, depends almost entirely on your attitude and approach. Practice these six keys and you will find your self not only effective but also fulfilled.

Top Six Keys to Being a Successful Teacher originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 00:31:43.

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You have decided teaching is the career for you. What you do next depends on where you live and what type of degree you have or working towards. Each state has different rules. This article on Methods to Become a Teacher explains the standards steps to becoming a teacher and takes an in depth look at Florida and California to show the difference in certification requirements.

You can also check out additional state certification resources. I'm continuing to add new states each month.

So You Want to Become a Teacher? Now What? originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 at 00:01:26.

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Pretests are an extremely effective tool that should be used a lot more often than they are. Pretests help teachers in many ways, not only by helping inform teachers of how much students know before they begin a lesson or unit but also by helping them see how much students actually mastered at the end of a lesson. Further, pretests can help teachers in other ways. Read this article to find out how they can help and what to consider before designing them for your own use.

Importance and Uses of Pretests originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 00:22:04.

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Recently some questioned Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's motivation for asking about how books were removed from a local library when she became Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. Over the years, many popular books have been banned from school libraries across the nation. The top ten banned books is topped with Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

More on Censorship and Book Banning in America.

Top 10 Banned Books originally appeared on About.com Secondary Education on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 00:57:44.

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