Laura Oldham is in her fourth year of teaching and has taught an assortment of classes: AP Lit, Etymology English 9 and British Literature. She found her niche teaching 8th grade Title I Language Arts, which fits well with her fascination with young adult literacy and young adult literature. She is an avid reader. Her favorite poem is "You Damn Right" by Tim Seibles, and her favorite short story is "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin. It's hard for her to nail down a favorite novel, but if she had to pick just one and only include recent reads, it would be House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.
In New Mexico
- New Mexico Council of Teachers of English
- New Mexico State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- NM Language Arts Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Public Ed. Dept. Professional Licensure Unit
- Teach New Mexico (includes information on 3-tiered licensure and dossiers)
- Teaching Jobs in New Mexico
- Univ. of New Mexico Dept. of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
- Univ. of New Mexico Secondary Education Program
Beyond New Mexico
Writing Project Sites
Research
- 21st Century Literacies: What are they and why are they important?
- The Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners
- Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School
- Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well
- The Effect of Grammar Instruction on Student Writing
- What Research Says about Writing
- What We Know About Adolescent Literacy
- The National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
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