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Episode 8: The Three Vital Vs Going Forward

On this final episode of The Three Vital Vs, we discuss how the three Vs are going to change how things are done in Paul's classroom going forward. How excerpt based teaching is going to alter the week to week proceedings, how a wider variety of voices and texts are going to be brought in, and how new mediums that students value will be a viable avenue for assessment.
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Episode 7: Tapping Into 21st Century Mediums

On this episode, we discuss 21st century mediums specially social media. We explore how these newer mediums can coexist with more traditional mediums in academia.
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Episode 6: Tapping Into Language Variety to Improve Student Writing

On this episode, we begin to talk about value in the English classroom specifically the value in allowing different language variations into it. We try to explain the linguistic elements first before exploring how this approach improves the style and content of students' writing.
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Episode 5: Allowing More Voices into the English Classroom

In this episode, we discuss increasing the variety of voices that are heard inside English class. We encourage teachers to move away from the canon to open up avenues to discuss race, explore growth mindset, and allow YA Lit to shine.
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Episode 4: Writing Purposes Provide Variety

In this episode, we discuss how taking Kelly Gallagher's purposes approach to writing instruction can not only increase the variety of texts students produce but also the variety of texts they read.
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​Episode 3: Excerpt Based Teaching

In this episode, we discuss excerpt based teaching. What is it? How does it help with students' reading abilities? How long do the excerpt need to be? Listen and find out!
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Episode 2: Practice, Practice, Practice

In this episode, we cover the imbalance that exists in reading and writing instruction. Why does does it exist and how do we fix it?
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