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Active learning activities are tailored to specific learning outcomes and content. They incorporate one or more of the evidence-based strategies. Structured to expose their theoretical underpinnings, the activities can be used by practitioners and researchers alike.

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Collection d’Articles

By Geneviève Caron

Projet Specific: Webzine

By Maria Popica

Vénus d'Ille: Police Enquiry

By Alexandre Limoges

Rédaction d'un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

By Lyane Henrichon

Three-Tiered Writing

By Laure Galipeau

Homophones Talent Show

By Laurent Duval

Dictation: Read and Run

By Avery Rueb

Activité sur les Homophones

By Lysanne Audy

Pratique d’écriture

By Lysanne Audy

Cercles de Lecture (Reading Circles)

By Laetitia Desanti

Bringing context to life: Annotating research for reading novels

By Jeff Gandell

Rhetorical Strategies

By Jeffrey Gandell

Projects on Junot Diaz: "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao"

By Jeff Gandell

Putting the "You" in education: Using self-reflections for learning

By Jeff Gandell

Having Students Read and Apply Essay Feedback

By Andrew Burton

Poetic Literary Jeopardy

By Vanessa Vandergrift

Short Stories and Social Realism: Building an Essay Toolkit

By Catherine Payne

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