Heinemann is proud to announce Marilyn Pryle's nomination for the 2025 Global Teacher Prize.
January 22, 2025
Students can learn to create the change they want to see through imagining action. Question 4 in the critical reading series shows how.
January 15, 2025
Media literacy skills enable students to examine their relationship with digital content and algorithms. See the sample reading response from Marilyn Pryle.
December 15, 2024
Help students notice nature in a text to tune into the pressing conflict of climate change with Marilyn Pryle's sample reading response.
November 25, 2024
What does critical reading mean in a time of social media, YouTube, algorithms, AI, and fake news? Join us for the book launch of 5 Questions for Any Text: Critical Reading in the Age of Disinformation by Marilyn Pryle.
November 15, 2024
Today we hear from author and teacher Marilyn Pryle about the crucial role of English teachers in today's world.
November 12, 2024
Marilyn Pryle's 5 Questions for Any Text: Critical Reading in the Age of Disinformation is now available! Watch Marilyn discuss the new book and detail the five questions for unlocking deeper understanding.
November 5, 2024
Marilyn Pryle explains how to teach critical reading with this sample reading response based on her Question 1: what am I reading?
October 28, 2024
Marilyn Pryle outlines the benefits of reading responses, and how to use them to encourage students to be critical readers in the age of disinformation.
October 4, 2024
Critical reading is essential when approaching texts in 2024--information will be aggressive and persuasive this election year.
January 26, 2024
The list of forthcoming Heinemann professional books in 2024.
December 13, 2023
Marilyn Pryle and Rebekah O’Dell explain how reading responses can be an effective tool for helping students to engage meaningfully with a text.
March 30, 2023
We are happy to share that on Monday, December 10, Heinemann author Marilyn Pryle was named Pennsylvania's Teacher of the Year in recognition of her innovative teaching and dedication to her students.
December 14, 2018
When students write Reading Responses about a text, they have something to say in class. It may be a minor point, or it may be a major point, but it is a concrete thought and it is tied to a specific part of the text.
December 7, 2018
How do we encourage students to genuinely engage with challenging or difficult texts? Today on the Heinemann Podcast, Marilyn Pryle, author of “Reading with Presence” suggests a method of writing and sharing reading responses, which differ from the usual short essay answer.
October 11, 2018
In the process of writing reading responses, the importance of choice cannot be understated. Students feel like they are in control of their responses; they can view the text through whatever lens they choose.
October 2, 2018
With the practice of reading response writing, students do not have to answer specific questions with definitive answers. Instead, they can read with presence, and decide at the end what aspect they would like to respond to.
September 26, 2018
In her new book “Reading with Presence” Marilyn Pryle tackles the causes of disengaged learning and provides tangible solutions that provide students a safe space to share ideas and engage confidently.
September 20, 2018