by upnorthlearning | Jan 28, 2017 | Teaching, Teaching Strategies, Team-Based learning
It’s the time of year when discussion about how to effectively teach students to be successful on multiple-choice tests has increased. Let’s be clear: Like just about every teacher out there, I hate test prep. I want every day in my classes to be about...
by upnorthlearning | Jan 16, 2017 | Literacy, Teaching, Writing
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on six different writing projects in my professional life — two blog posts, two chapter proposals with a colleague, and two proposals for presentations for the 2017 NCTE Annual Convention with different collaborators. The...
by upnorthlearning | May 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by upnorthlearning | Oct 11, 2013 | Literacy, Teaching
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...
by upnorthlearning | Jul 16, 2013 | Teaching
(This was a piece that I wrote during the Chippewa River Writing Project summer institute.) _________________________________________ Molly finished ringing up my order and placed my produce into a bag. “That’ll be $16.34,” she said, and then barely taking a breath,...
