This is sooo cool. I am a book lover from WAY back; I think I started my first novel at 9. Now, I teach English to 9th graders. I plan to work on a few short stories this summer and maybe even play some of them for my students next year.
Davey
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Welcome Davey! You'll find you're in good company here =) ... you might even consider having your students select and record some short stories ... or even a play... the possibilities are endless =)
Let us know if you have any questions =)
Let us know if you have any questions =)
~ Betsie
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I second that idea, Betsie. Davey, I'm a teacher educator who teaches reading methodology, and one of the things I'm encouraging my teacher candidates to do is to incorporate students' recordings of classics into their teaching.thistlechick wrote:Welcome Davey! ... You might even consider having your students select and record some short stories ... or even a play... the possibilities are endless =)
Of course, listening to audiobooks can really make reading come alive for high schoolers, too. I cannot wait for Annie Coleman's reading of Huck Finn (she's on chapter 33 of 43 ... tick, tick ... no pressure, Annie!) which will help young adult readers enjoy the dialects instead of slogging through them and so get to the heart of the story faster.
Let's stay in touch about these many possibilities.
-denny mike
I've already mentioned it to some of my higher level students. My school issues laptops to students, and this would be a great way to get them to use it for something useful.
Thanks,
Davey
Thanks,
Davey
LOL. ...if for nothing else.My school issues laptops to students, and this would be a great way to get them to use it for something useful.
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Welcome! Great to have you.
You might be interested in checking out the various short stories we have in our catalog already: http://www.librivox.org/completed-short-works . (In it you'll also find links to our short story 'collections'. Unfortunately, we don't have a searchable catalog yet - but one is being created, and who knows - might be complete by the end of the summer!)
Looking forward to hearing your voice!
-Catharine
You might be interested in checking out the various short stories we have in our catalog already: http://www.librivox.org/completed-short-works . (In it you'll also find links to our short story 'collections'. Unfortunately, we don't have a searchable catalog yet - but one is being created, and who knows - might be complete by the end of the summer!)
Looking forward to hearing your voice!
-Catharine