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Read, Write, Repeat
After a summer off, I am returning to blogging with a new, and I hope, lasting, enthusiasm. This summer when I wasn't adding anything to my blog, I dedicated time to reading the blogs of other educators and thinkers whom I admire. I guess I would say that I went...
Reflecting on Reading in the High School Classroom
You know that feeling when you keep hearing the same message from every corner of the universe? That's been my experience lately, and the message has been about reading. I knew some reflection would be in order - as it always is at the end of a school year - and that...
Becoming Authentic Writers, Part 3
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This is the third in a series of posts about the impact of a paperless approach on the writing process and product. In the first post in this series, I talked about using technology to improve my feedback to...
Telling Our Stories: Creating Authentic Narratives of Home
Recently I wrote an article that was published in the Michigan Council of Teacher's of English Language Arts Journal of Michigan. The theme for this edition was Location, Location, Location, and my submission reflects the uniqueness of rural northern Michigan. Below...
Becoming Authentic Writers, Part 2
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This is the second in a series of posts about the impact of a paperless approach on the writing process and product. In the first post in this series, I talked about using technology to improve my feedback to...
Becoming Authentic Writers, Part 1
How the paperless classroom goes beyond teacher convenience This post was featured on the Chippewa River Writing Project's Teachers as Writers Blog this week. Check out the blog for other great posts from CRWP teachers. This is the first in a series of posts about the...
Using TBL Activities in AP English
Thursday was a good day! Scratch that – pun intended, as you will see in a moment. Thursday was a great day!
Recently, on the PsychTeacher Listserv that I participate in, there was a thread about Team-Based Learning. I was not familiar with this college level instructional practice that has students working in teams and pushes them toward in-depth analysis and discussion. I was intrigued
Why Read? Ten Reasons by Kelly Gallagher
In his book, Deeper Reading, Kelly Gallagher lays out ten reasons that students should read. His ten statements resonated with me, and as I read, I envisioned them as a poster that I could use in my classroom to keep the conversation going about reading. I proposed...
Evolving Literacy
Literacy has been on my mind again lately. It should be. I’m an English teacher, after all. What I have really been thinking about, though, is the rapid change in what it means to be literate for the future. Some people wonder whether books will die in an era of...
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