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Laurie A. Henry, Ph.D.
| Name | Laurie A. Henry, Ph.D. |
| Location | Lexington, Kentucky |
| Role | Assistant Professor |
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"Being a contributor for ReadWriteThink.org has been a very rewarding experience. I've had the opportunity to share my lesson ideas and my passion for teaching with teachers all over the world."
Laurie Henry has a bachelor's degree in special education and master's degree in education from the University of Connecticut. She taught middle school language arts and math for several years before heading back to UConn, where she earned a Ph.D. in Cognition and Instruction with an emphasis on literacy and technology.
In 2007, Dr. Henry joined the faculty at University of Kentucky as an assistant professor of early adolescent literacy. Her research interests include the new literacies of online reading comprehension at the middle school level and social equity issues related to the digital divide.
Laurie is a member of the ReadWriteThink.org Advisory Board. She also belongs to several professional organizations including the International Reading Association, National Council of Teachers of English and the National Research Council. She is also a member of Pi Lambda Theta and the Golden Key Honor Society.
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Contributions on ReadWriteThink.org |
Online Professional Development
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Building Reading Comprehension Through Think-Alouds
Students learn components of think-alouds and type-of-text interactions through teacher modeling. In the process, students develop the ability to use think-alouds to aid in reading comprehension tasks.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit
Creating a Classroom Newspaper
Students write authentic newspaper stories, including learning about various aspects of newspapers, such as writing an article, online articles, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Creative Writing Through Wordless Picture Books
Students are exposed to wordless picture books and begin developing story lines, both orally and in writing, using an online, interactive story map.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Critical Media Literacy: Commercial Advertising
By looking at advertising and mass media critically, students begin to understand how the media oppresses certain groups, convinces people to purchase certain products, and influences culture.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Critical Media Literacy: TV Programs
By critically analyzing popular television programs, students develop an awareness of the messages that are portrayed through the media.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
With e-pals, students develop real-life writing and social experiences, learn the format of a friendly letter and parts of an e-mail message, and discover other cultures, languages, and geographic areas.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Figurative Language: Teaching Idioms
It's raining cats and dogs! Students explore figurative language through read-alouds, teacher modeling, and student-centered activities, further developing their understanding of the literal versus the metaphorical translations of idioms.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues
How can we convince others to agree with us on important issues? In this lesson, students explore relevant environmental issues and gather information to write persuasive essays.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Postmodern Picture Books in Middle School
Students analyze the structure of a postmodern picture book, Black and White, to uncover how authors create unexpected plots and connections and form relationships between words and illustrations.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Students develop scripts, perform, and use their voices to depict characters from texts, giving them the opportunity to develop fluency and further enhance comprehension of what they are reading.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Recurring Lesson
Students develop learning contracts that focus on language arts education. This lesson includes a basic student contract format, sustained silent reading (SSR) extension activities, and literature response activities.
Grades 6 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
The Big Bad Wolf: Analyzing Point of View in Texts
Was the Big Bad Wolf really all that bad? This lesson encourages students to analyze multiple viewpoints, view texts from different angles, and recognize gaps in narrative.
Grades 3 – 5 | Professional Library | Journal
SEARCHing for an Answer: The Critical Role of New Literacies While Reading on the Internet
This article shows how to integrate a "SEARCH" framework to help students develop the new literacy skills that reading on the Internet requires.
Grades 5 – 8 | Online Professional Development | Web Seminar
Searching for an Answer: Reading Strategies for Locating Internet-Based Information
This webinar by Laurie Henry will present key reading strategies that will help your students successfully navigate the Internet during information searching.
