Blog entries from stollee

Language Sticklers

Elizabeth Stolle — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 20:22:30 +0100

http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/guest-post-robert-lane-greene-on-language-sticklers/

When reading this post, I was struck with Greene's idea that more Americans are writing today (versus a century ago) because technology is providing new venues for us to write. He writes,

So a bigger proportion of Americans than ever before write sometimes, or even frequently, maybe daily. Naturally that means more people are writing with poor grammar anRead More...

Defining reading and writing

Elizabeth Stolle — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 15:49:29 +0100

In the act of blogging, students are crafting and creating texts, sharing meaningful messages, and engaging in powerful literacy experiences. But, most students don’t see these activities as being literate because they are not school sanctioned.

Well, it has been a while since I last posted a blog. Obviously you can tell I’m not a “blogger.” I’ve attempted to be a blogger multiple times throughout the past couple of Read More...

Just Doing Some Reading

Elizabeth Stolle — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:15:21 +0100

This semester I’m teaching Adolescent Literature for the first time . . . and loving it. As a former 8th grade Language Arts teacher, I was immersed in the texts that my students were reading. We would talk about texts, share book suggestions, and laugh/cry together over the characters’ predicaments.

This was an exciting time in my life as a reader because I truly appreciated the connection I felt to my students and to the texts that we read. However, wRead More...

Loving Reading?

Elizabeth Stolle — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:52:15 +0100

I recently read an article in the New York Times and was struck by the debate over online reading versus printed-text reading. Reading is constantly changing in this world of technology. Many fear is that book reading may be a lost art. Students seem to be shifting their reading patterns and habits from books to online texts.

However, I wonder if this has more to do with their definitions of reading than the medium. I wonder if schools made reading more enjoyable and interesting, not Read More...

Reading Rendezvous

Elizabeth Stolle — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:23:31 +0100

What is reading? I feel I must address this question first before embarking on this blogging journey.

What is reading? Here are some answers from children: “It’s filling out workbooks.” “It’s when you put sounds together.” “Reading is learning hard words.” “Reading is like think…you know, it’s understanding the story.” “It’s when you find out things.” “PronouRead More...