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Brynn Allison,  <a href="http://theliterarymaven.com/">The Literary Maven</a>, & Lisa Spangler, <a href="https://mrsspanglerinthemiddle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Spangler in the Middle</a>, host #2ndaryELA on Twitter every Sunday evening from 8 - 8:30 PM EST. #2ndaryELA is a weekly chat for secondary English Language Arts teachers focused on a topic. Every Friday, we post the topic and questions on our blogs to allow you to prepare for the upcoming Sunday evening's chat. Thank you to everyone who joined us last year and we hope that you will join us again.<br />
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We'd also love for you to join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2ndaryELA/">2ndaryELA Facebook group</a>, even if you aren't on Twitter.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span>2ndaryELA is a group of middle and high school English Language Arts teachers looking to share ideas and best practices. This group is an extension of our Twitter chat and a place for collaboration, questions, and encouragement. Feel free to post teaching ideas, success stories, resource links, photos, etc. that will enhance our instruction.</div>
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On <b>Sunday, September 15,</b> our #2ndaryELA chat will be about student choice in the classroom.<br />
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<b>The Directions:</b><br />
1. Log into Twitter on Sunday from 8-8:30 PM EST.<br />
2. Search for tweets with the hashtag #2ndaryELA in the search bar. Make sure to click “Latest.”<br />
3. Introductions are for the first 5 minutes.<br />
4. Starting at 8:05 (@literarymaven or @spanglermiddle) will post questions every 5 minutes using the format Q1, Q2, Q3, etc. and the hashtag #2ndaryELA.<br />
5. Respond to questions using the format A1, A2, A3, etc. with #2ndaryELA.<br />
6. Follow any teachers responding and who are also using #2ndaryELA.<br />
7. Like and respond to other teachers' tweets.<br />
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You can schedule your responses to the questions ahead of time using a scheduler like <a href="https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/">TweetDeck</a> or <a href="http://signup.hootsuite.com/pro-ent-na-english-r7t/?mkwid=sDAsRitua_dc&pcrid=44033846494&pkw=hootsuite&pmt=e&cntry=na-usa&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hootsuite_pro_google_search_usa_english_branded_alpha&gclid=CjwKEAjwlPOsBRCWq5_e973PzTgSJACMiEp20deRUBEuNIc3-ysreF3wIpeNKNT2xjnz9NpEMAnVhhoCvPDw_wcB">HootSuite</a> (but don't forget to use A1, A2, etc. and #2ndaryELA). Links are encouraged as well as using images is also encouraged when relevant.</div>
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<b>New to chats? Here are the rules:</b><br />
1. Stay on topic & stay positive!<br />
2. Please do not post or promote paid products unless specifically asked.<br />
3. If you arrive late, try to look through other posts before beginning.<br />
4. Feel free to just read, like, and/or retweet.<br />
5. Always use our hashtag #2ndaryELA, including in your replies to others.<br />
6. Make sure your twitter feed is set to public. (Also keep in mind that Twitter is completely public – that means students, parents, and administrators can and will read what you tweet.)<br />
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You can also check out a quick video tutorial in <a href="http://www.2peasandadog.com/2016/01/how-to-use-twitter-chats.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.<br />
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Be sure to spread the word to any teacher friends who might be interested in joining us as well. We look forward to chatting with you Sunday evening and in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2ndaryELA/">2ndaryELA Facebook group</a>!<br />
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<b>Get caught up on past chats here:</b><br />
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<b>The basic plot from Amazon: </b>Susan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, <i>Hitler Youth</i>, and fleshed it out into a thought-provoking nonfiction novel. When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times, to a sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b>Why I liked it: </b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2Xphhsl" target="_blank">The Boy Who Dared</a> </i></span>is a novel based on the true story of Helmuth Hübener, the youngest person to be sentenced to death (by guillotine) by the Nazis during World War II. As Hitler rises to power, Helmuth becomes increasingly uncomfortable with what it means to be a German. When one of his brothers is home briefly from serving in the German army, he brings home an illegal radio, which Helmuth begins listening to in secret. Helmuth uses information from the foreign broadcast he listens to illegally to distribute pamphlets about the truth about the war.<br />
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Helmut is just 16 at the time of his arrest. As an adult (and a mother) it was painful to watch how idealistic and trusting he was. His actions were bold and daring, but also put the lives of others around him at risk. He foolishly thought be would be able to keep the names of his friends secret, but did not know how intense his torture would be to get him to give them up.<br />
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I especially liked that the novel did not have a happy ending. As we move farther away from these events in history, there can be a tendency to only focus on the good or romanticize the past. It showed how dangerous life was even as an "ordinary" citizen and illustrated the culture of fear during the time period that caused people to turn on each other. The novel shows how difficult it was to resist without also risking your own life. It also had great author's notes at the end.</div>
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<b>Classroom application: </b>I used this novel as part of my 6th grade literature circles this year. All of the book choices connect to the theme of "decisions that matter" and are set during WWII and the Holocaust. My hope was that this choice in particular would show students that you are never too young to stand up to what is wrong.<br />
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If you are interested in purchasing a copy of <i>The Boy Who Dared</i> for yourself, you can find it on Amazon <a href="https://amzn.to/2Xphhsl" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<i>Note:</i> The Literary Maven is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.<br />
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If you'd like to add read alouds to your secondary English Language Arts classroom, but you aren't sure that you want to commit to reading an entire novel, why not try out First Chapter Friday and expose your students to a variety of high interest books? This #2ndaryELA Twitter chat was all about First Chapter Friday. Middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed how they select the books that they spotlight. Teachers also shared how First Chapter Friday fits into the routine of their classes.<br />
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Scroll down to read through the chat. You'll get ideas about other read alouds to incorporate into your instruction and what do do with students during and after reading.  You'll also find out what to do with the books that you've highlighted and some highly recommended titles.<br />
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Hope you'll join us next week for another chat. We'd also love for you to join <span style="text-align: center;">our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2ndaryELA/" style="text-align: center;">2ndaryELA Facebook group</a> (<span style="text-align: center;">even if you aren't on Twitter).</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: center;">2ndaryELA is a group of middle and high school English Language Arts teachers looking to share ideas and best practices. This group is an extension of our Twitter chat and a place for collaboration, questions, and encouragement. Feel free to post teaching ideas, success stories, links, photos, etc. that will enhance our instruction.</span><br />
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Brynn Allison,  <a href="http://theliterarymaven.com/">The Literary Maven</a>, & Lisa Spangler, <a href="https://mrsspanglerinthemiddle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Spangler in the Middle</a>, host #2ndaryELA on Twitter every Sunday evening from 8 - 8:30 PM EST. #2ndaryELA is a weekly chat for secondary English Language Arts teachers focused on a topic. Every Friday, we post the topic and questions on our blogs to allow you to prepare for the upcoming Sunday evening's chat. Thank you to everyone who joined us last year and we hope that you will join us again.<br />
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We'd also love for you to join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2ndaryELA/">2ndaryELA Facebook group</a>, even if you aren't on Twitter.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span>2ndaryELA is a group of middle and high school English Language Arts teachers looking to share ideas and best practices. This group is an extension of our Twitter chat and a place for collaboration, questions, and encouragement. Feel free to post teaching ideas, success stories, resource links, photos, etc. that will enhance our instruction.</div>
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On <b>Sunday, September 8,</b> our #2ndaryELA chat will be about First Chapter Friday.<br />
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<b>The Directions:</b><br />
1. Log into Twitter on Sunday from 8-8:30 PM EST.<br />
2. Search for tweets with the hashtag #2ndaryELA in the search bar. Make sure to click “Latest.”<br />
3. Introductions are for the first 5 minutes.<br />
4. Starting at 8:05 (@literarymaven or @spanglermiddle) will post questions every 5 minutes using the format Q1, Q2, Q3, etc. and the hashtag #2ndaryELA.<br />
5. Respond to questions using the format A1, A2, A3, etc. with #2ndaryELA.<br />
6. Follow any teachers responding and who are also using #2ndaryELA.<br />
7. Like and respond to other teachers' tweets.<br />
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You can schedule your responses to the questions ahead of time using a scheduler like <a href="https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/">TweetDeck</a> or <a href="http://signup.hootsuite.com/pro-ent-na-english-r7t/?mkwid=sDAsRitua_dc&pcrid=44033846494&pkw=hootsuite&pmt=e&cntry=na-usa&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hootsuite_pro_google_search_usa_english_branded_alpha&gclid=CjwKEAjwlPOsBRCWq5_e973PzTgSJACMiEp20deRUBEuNIc3-ysreF3wIpeNKNT2xjnz9NpEMAnVhhoCvPDw_wcB">HootSuite</a> (but don't forget to use A1, A2, etc. and #2ndaryELA). Links are encouraged as well as using images is also encouraged when relevant.</div>
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<b>New to chats? Here are the rules:</b><br />
1. Stay on topic & stay positive!<br />
2. Please do not post or promote paid products unless specifically asked.<br />
3. If you arrive late, try to look through other posts before beginning.<br />
4. Feel free to just read, like, and/or retweet.<br />
5. Always use our hashtag #2ndaryELA, including in your replies to others.<br />
6. Make sure your twitter feed is set to public. (Also keep in mind that Twitter is completely public – that means students, parents, and administrators can and will read what you tweet.)<br />
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You can also check out a quick video tutorial in <a href="http://www.2peasandadog.com/2016/01/how-to-use-twitter-chats.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.<br />
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Be sure to spread the word to any teacher friends who might be interested in joining us as well. We look forward to chatting with you Sunday evening and in our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2ndaryELA/">2ndaryELA Facebook group</a>!<br />
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<b>Get caught up on past chats here:</b><br />
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<b>The basic plot from Amazon: </b>Sunny tries to shine despite his troubled past in this third novel in the critically acclaimed Track series from National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds.<br />
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Ghost. Patina. Sunny. Lu. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds, with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the Junior Olympics. They all have a lot of lose, but they all have a lot to prove, not only to each other, but to themselves. Sunny is the main character in this novel, the third of four books in Jason Reynold’s electrifying middle grade series.<br />
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Sunny is just that—sunny. Always ready with a goofy smile and something nice to say, Sunny is the chillest dude on the Defenders team. But Sunny’s life hasn’t always been sun beamy-bright. You see, Sunny is a murderer. Or at least he thinks of himself that way. His mother died giving birth to him, and based on how Sunny’s dad treats him—ignoring him, making Sunny call him Darryl, never “Dad”—it’s no wonder Sunny thinks he’s to blame. It seems the only thing Sunny can do right in his dad’s eyes is win first place ribbons running the mile, just like his mom did. But Sunny doesn’t like running, never has. So he stops. Right in the middle of a race.<br />
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With his relationship with his dad now worse than ever, the last thing Sunny wants to do is leave the other newbies—his only friends—behind. But you can’t be on a track team and not run. So Coach asks Sunny what he wants to do. Sunny’s answer? Dance. Yes, dance. But you also can’t be on a track team and dance. Then, in a stroke of genius only Jason Reynolds can conceive, Sunny discovers a track event that encompasses the hard hits of hip-hop, the precision of ballet, and the showmanship of dance as a whole: the discus throw. As Sunny practices the discus, learning when to let go at just the right time, he’ll let go of everything that’s been eating him up inside, perhaps just in time.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b>Why I liked it: </b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/2N8tNZ6" target="_blank">Sunny</a> </i></span>is the third book in Jason Reynold's Track series and I'll be honest, it didn't grab me the same way the first two, <a href="https://www.theliterarymaven.com/2018/01/review-ghost-jason-reynolds.html" target="_blank"><i>Ghost</i></a> and <i><a href="https://www.theliterarymaven.com/2018/05/review-patina-jason-reynolds.html" target="_blank">Patina</a></i>, did. I still enjoyed getting to know all of the characters better and I'm hoping the fourth and final book in the series will pick up the pace again.<br />
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Sunny focuses on the main character’s grief over losing a mother he never met, a woman his father was completely in love with and made all of his life plans with. Sunny feels that he is disappointing both his parents by not fulfilling his mother’s dreams, but they are the dreams that she had for herself and Sunny finally takes a stand about his own dreams. I wished that Ghost, Patina, Lu and the rest of the track crew  played a larger role in the book.<br />
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I did feel a personal connection with the plot since like Sunny’s mother, my grandmother’s mother died in childbirth. I loved that Sunny and his father did puzzles made out of photographs of his mother. I also thought Sunny’s homeschool experience was highly unrealistic. While Aurelia was an awesome support for Sunny, his schooling was completely unstructured. As a teacher I objected to the fact that there was no mention of any testing or how he would receive credit for courses.<br />
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<b>Classroom application: </b>Like the rest of the Track series, I would recommend <i>Sunny</i> for middle school and up.<br />
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If you are interested in purchasing a copy of <i>Sunny</i> for yourself, you can find it on Amazon <a href="https://amzn.to/2N8tNZ6" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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<b>The basic plot from Amazon: </b>Time is running out.<br />
Together, they can save the world.<br />
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As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian’s patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City.<br />
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As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most.<br />
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But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own.<br />
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In this second installment of the Renegades trilogy, Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew – Ruby, Oscar, and Danna -- are faced with escalating crime in Gatlon City, while covert weapons and conflicting missions have Nova and Adrian questioning not only their beliefs about justice, but also the feelings they have for each other.<br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b>Why I liked it: </b></span>I pretty much only read books on my Kindle, and those are books I check out for free through OverDrive, so there was a bit of a wait for <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2J0UJoy" target="_blank">Archenemies</a>. </i>After getting sucked in to the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, I was not at all surprised that I couldn't wait to read <i>Archenemies</i>, the second book in her <a href="https://www.theliterarymaven.com/2019/08/review-renegades-marissa-meyer.html" target="_blank">Renegades</a> series.<br />
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Nova is a villain in disguise as a superhero as she tries to bring down the superheroes ruling the city, but her efforts become more complicated as her feelings for Adrian deepen. I haven't decided yet if I want the bad ass or romantic side of her to win out.<br />
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Adrian adds to the Sentinels powers, but then tries to let the Sentinel dies because the Renegades see the Sentinel as a villain. However, Adrian has trouble letting “dirty” Renegades get away with their bad behavior, and trying to stop them puts the Sentinel back in the spotlight.<br />
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Nova and the Anarchists have a new scheme to reunite Art (the fact that he was alive and in hiding was the big surprise at the end of Book 1) with his helmet, so that his powers can be restored to full strength. Meanwhile, the Renegades have developed Agent N, which will neutralize prodigies’ powers. Thanks to Nova, the Anarchists get their hands on the formula and plan to use it against the Renegades.<br />
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Max also becomes a central part of the plot. The Health Charm that allows Adrian, and both his fathers to  visit him, also protects Nova from the effects of Agent N. Max is injured during Nova’s raid of the Renegades headquarters when she is intercepted by the crew of “dirty” Renegades. Art is captured by the Renegades and when the book ends, it is still unclear if Dianna knows Nova’s true identity.<br />
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<b>Classroom application: </b>I would recommend this series for middle school and up, particularly students who are fans of Marvel Comics.<b> </b><br />
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Some cross curricular connections could be made with events in history. The establishment of government is similar to post-revolution America and the struggle to create an identity for a president that was not the same as a king. The use of Agent N could also be compared to the eugenics movement in America.<br />
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If you are interested in purchasing a copy of <i>Archenemies</i> for yourself, you can find it on Amazon <a href="https://amzn.to/2J0UJoy" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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