In the first week of October, I told my seniors that learning to write in a genre is like determining what a fruit is. At first, your… Read more “Learning to write is like learning to define fruit”
Category: Language Learners
Break away from traditional scaffolds with quick writes (post 1/3)
Some instructional approaches, including many traditional scaffolds, reinforce internalized and institutionalized racism and bias. Teacher-centered direct instruction can create relations that promote and rely on compliance, obedience… Read more “Break away from traditional scaffolds with quick writes (post 1/3)”
Updating the Writers Workshop : The Share
In previous years, when I’ve taught writing (after leaving the elementary TCRWP curriculum I was initially trained in), we used an approach that felt radical in its… Read more “Updating the Writers Workshop : The Share”
Theirs are the voices I want to hear
I have a student who is known by many as a kid who cuts class, wanders the hallways and uses the school iPad to watch movies or… Read more “Theirs are the voices I want to hear”
Poetry is fun! (no really!)
The key to poetry in my opinion is figuring out: how are you going to introduce it? The introduction will set the tone for the whole unit.… Read more “Poetry is fun! (no really!)”
When the reading assignment is to fall in love
Many of us teachers may have no difficulty remembering the first books we fell in love with, and this year in my 11th grade class I got… Read more “When the reading assignment is to fall in love”
Mac & Marie 🌀 
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