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This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Several TN government offices are sponsoring a statewide speech & documentary competition to celebrate this event. Students in grades 9-12 can choose to create a documentary or prepare a speech. Click the button below to read more about the prompts, rubrics, and official rules. I am more than happy to help students apply, record, or setup their entry. I've touched base with a few students individually who I thought would be interested. This is ONLY statewide so there's a great chance our students could win a great scholarship. 1st place receives $10,000; 2nd place receives $6,000; 3rd place receives $4,000.

Battle for the Ballot

Informable

Test your students' news literacy knowledge with the FREE app Informable. You can play as a guest or create an account. Help students spot ads, distinguish between fact and opinion, identify false evidence, and determine if a statement is fact based or opinion based. Examples come from social media, Youtube, newspapers, and news outlets. Informable is sponsored by the News Literacy Project. Their website has more resources for educators teaching news literacy.

For February's Creation Station activity, we will be making valentines for Erlanger's Children's Hospital. They need about 25-30 valentines. If you have a few minutes on February 5th during club time please stop by and make one! You don't have to stay the whole time or come right at 2:15. There will be easy to glue, pre-cut cards and shapes if being crafty isn't your specialty. Did I mention there would be a yummy heart shaped treat?

Super Scholar's cool infographic highlights how influential Shakespeare has been throughout history, culture, and to modern language. I thought this would be a great way to introduce a Shakespeare unit. There are some facts students may be surprised to know!

Shakespeare in Pop Culture

These are just a few of the new books ready to be checked out! Stop by to see all of them! As always, if you want to implement a reading component into your class and would like me to create a list based on a specific topic I am more than happy to do that. I also have a list of open ended questions for students to answer as they read.

Staff Book Recommendations

If you are looking for a book to read, maybe a colleague can help you out! Keep sending me your recommendations and I'll add them to each month's newsletter!

"This book traces the history of some of humanity's greatest diseases and why they have persisted in our population. By looking at the significance of how the diseases actually help humanity survive in different conditions, it shows how living longer can actually be detrimental to your health."

"To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is an amazingly written story which shows how experience is only known through an individual’s perception at a particular time. It is extremely relatable & brings up the nuances of experience & life. She helps the reader cope with idea of loss due to the fragile nature of time. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath is another favorite. She explores issue of a feminine identity and double standards that are somehow still relatable to this day. The novel explores loss, depression, failure. Also, it is about a struggle with identity and societal pressures with lessons in coping that helped me on a personal level when I was a teenager. You could read this novel at any time and your life and take something away from it."

World Read Aloud Day - February 5th

"LitWorld founded World Read Aloud Day in 2010 as an opportunity for people all around the globe to celebrate the joy of reading aloud, and advocate for literacy as a fundamental human right that belongs to everyone. Over the last ten years, World Read Aloud Day has evolved into a global movement of millions of readers, writers, and listeners from communities all across the world..."

Your World Read Aloud Day activity can be as simple as reading a poem, short story, brief article related to your subject, or even a favorite children's book.

Manhattan Project Field Trip - February 4, 2020

I hope it's not too late to sign up! It is free, but registration is required. Students can also record and submit a question to be answered on the live webcast.

Manhattan Project

Appreciate

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