NCTE Screening Room

Teachers coming together to bring you film screenings at the 2017 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention

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Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March.
Caesar: He is a dreamer; Let us leave him: pass.
"The play could be set anywhere..."
Come explore the relevance of this great work to today's world!
#NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18 @shakespearepbs

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Shakespeare Uncovered: Julius Caesar now showing in the Screening Room! @shakespearepbs #NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18

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Dear Highlights,
Thank you for your for lifting up the voices of children for the past 70 years.
With love and appreciation,
My mother, my children, and me. @44PagesDoc #NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18

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"Kid appeal has to come first. It has to be fun for our readers" - @44PagesDoc

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Now screening @44PagesDoc ! Room 330 A -- you know you read @Highlights when you were younger -- come see how it comes together and its history in this wonderful film! #NCTEScreen18 #NCTE18

[Joe O'Such @Joe_OSuch]

We have reading, writing, speaking, and literature, but we don’t have culture. We need culture as a standard. #NCTE18 #BowTieBoys

[🏳️‍🌈 Dr. Summer Melody Pennell @summerpennell]

Whoa- I taught HS in Bertie! BECHS!

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"College...being out in the world, seeing new things. I'm going out there one day" - @RaisingBertie #NCTEScreen18 #NCTE18

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"Black boys started proving themselves by joining gangs and we had to de-brainwash them that you don't have to prove yourself to anybody. We're going to put a Mr. in front of your name." -@RaisingBertie

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"There was so many African-American boys on the street and I said we've gotta find a way to get these babies back in school" - @RaisingBertie

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Now screening @RaisingBertie showcasing the lives of students in rural areas -- a must see for all, but especially preservice teachers to learn about these incredible student stories! #NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18

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"I think there's a lot of value in interacting with your friends [not on a screen" @ScreenagerMovie #NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18

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"I learned that you spend 6 1/2 hours a day on screens and that doesn't include school work" @ScreenagerMovie

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Now screening @ScreenagerMovie in the screening room! 330 A! Come see a documentary on how our students and children are growing up in a digital age & its impact on them!

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"Sometimes we don't have food for my mom to make or something to cook so we have to sleep without eating until the morning until we go to school. Sometimes if you don't eat for a long time your stomach starts to hurt." - 3rd grader in @EastofSalinas #NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18

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"[undocumented kids] can contribute a great many things in this country, they just need to be given the opportunity" - @EastofSalinas #NCTE18 #NCTEScreen18

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"They do fear about their parents getting deported because they hear about it on the news, but I don't think [when they're only 8 or 9] they fear for themselves" @EastofSalinas #NCTE18

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"To Jose every day is a good day. He's a good kid and he loves school. But if the law doesn't change he won't be able to stay by the end of high school" - @EastofSalinas #NCTE18 #NCTEscreen18

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" I see myself in a lot of these students. Wanting to learn, curious about everything, aware of the long hours and hard work their parents are doing. They don't want that for themselves. They want something different and better." @EastofSalinas #NCTEScreen18 #NCTE18