Listen to all episodes of the Talks with Teachers podcast on       Anita Jordan is a skilled, caring professional to work with educational professionals building effective programs and strategies for Advanced Placement English. In this episode you will learn: how she knew she was best suited for teaching high school instead of middle school why middle school kids are neither fish nor fowl how she was able to get her students to think for themselves why a teacher should not answer questions but provide more questions how to do a cold reading in class and why that is so important what a think aloud is and how to do it with your students how to get students to read with all their faculties why every class she taught was different Anita's daughter, Hillary Jordan, is an acclaimed novelist. If you have not read Mudbound I encouraged you to do so. It is one of the best novels I have read in the past five years.   The post Episode #80 with Anita Jordan appeared first on Talks with Teachers.