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    Action! Practice with Summary, Paraphrase, and Direct Quotes

    For some reason, students always struggle when teachers ask them to incorporate sources. It is a process that takes practice to do seamlessly, but...

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    Women's History Month: I Am Malala

    In recent months, the Taliban in the Middle East has taken over once again after American troops removed themselves. The first person I thought of...

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    Black History Month: Death by Journal

    Okay—circle of trust here. After dropping my youngest child off at college all the way from San Antonio, Texas, to Lawrence, Kansas, at The...

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    New Beginnings: Tokyo Ever After

    Tokyo Ever After: A Novel by Emiko Jean has been climbing the charts as one of the most popular books right now for young adults. With Netflix’s “The...

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    Native American Heritage Month: An Indigenous Cut to the Bone

    In recent months I learned, along with others around the world, of the horrific stories of the mass unmarked grave sites of Indigenous, or...

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    Mental Health Awareness: Your Brain Needs a Hug

    The words are never right. The time is never perfect. And life keeps piling stress after stress onto the people we love. What do we say to someone...

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    Hispanic Heritage Month: Speaking and Scribbling in Spanish

    When my mother was going to school in the panhandle of Texas, she and her friends were punished if they spoke Spanish in school. When my brothers and...

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