…term English language learner in these books and then share a collaboratively-written glossary of commonly used terms, carefully explaining what these terms mean, where the terms come from, and why…
…which literally means “string literature.” The concept of string literature has been traced to Brazil, where vendors often hung excerpts from folhetos—inexpensive chapter books—on a string in a market to…
…Eve Bunting, illustrated by Ronald Himler A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal trying not to be noticed, is given hope…
…will all be gobbledygook to them. There’s no aural image playing in the ear of their minds, and no visual image of the five fingers plucking the strings to provoke…
…about implementing visual literacies. One strategy is “cordel”—otherwise known as “string literature.” Here, visual and linguistic texts pertaining to a topic hang from a string across the room, beckoning students…
…notebook long after dark or a blank digital document with a blinking cursor, I find a sense of relief in putting my feelings into words. I love stringing letters together…
…whose touch turns everything to gold, everything the five-paragraph essay touches turns to lead. A five-paragraph essay is like a string of beads with no differentiation, such as a factory,…
…to “gut” the fish. He made a distinction between the thickness of the nylon string he used for fishing, and how important it was to use the right kind, lest…
…indoor workout routine instead. Every morning I listened to a string of experts opining on the radio and then tuned in to four different news programs each evening. Distressed by…
…top of that, we have to wring some sort of meaning out of a confusing string of words and stanzas. Many high-school-age students will admit to hating poetry and to…
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