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              It's getting cold out there: Warm up with a LTA Fleece
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on November 17, 2015        
 
As the temperatures drop, we want to keep you warm with a LiteracyTA fleece. Give us a word, a phrase, or a sentence that explains why you are thankful for LiteracyTA and we will enter your name in a drawing. We will pick a handful of winners and send out emails before Thanksgiving requesting your preferred size and color.
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              4 Lesson Plans for Teaching Marking a Text
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on October 27, 2015        
 
We hope you enjoyed our October lessons on Visual Summary. This next set of lesson plans add a close reading skill that will help students summarize argument and informational texts.
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              Finally, A Way to Understand Text Complexity
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on October 20, 2015        
 
The national literacy standards (often referred to as the College and Career Readiness standards) argue that text complexity is key to students' success on college aptitude tests like ACT and SAT, in college courses, and at work. The standards call for teachers to increase text complexity, but what does that mean?
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              Top 10 topics to write about/research in 2015-2016
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on October 6, 2015        
 
Every year there are topics that tend to grab the nation's attention. These topics can be political, religious, social, or cultural. The purpose of this eCoach is to connect you to 10 popular topics in 2015-2016 and show you how LiteracyTA can assist you in developing lessons around these topics.
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              Tell us what you think in 1 minute or less
            
			            By Jonathan LeMaster on September 29, 2015        
 
LiteracyTA is committed to improving every day. We all work very hard to make sure we continuously get better so that our growing number of inspired educators have the best tools and resources in education. We would love your feedback to let us know how we are doing. In 1 minute or less, you can share your thoughts with us.
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