Finding the Magic of Shakespeare in an Online Classroom
…it out. And most importantly, you feel it by bringing to life something difficult for our students to grasp. However, much of that magic is gone during online learning. We…
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Giving Back to Kids and the Community: Jamal Cooks Brings Passion, Purpose, and Pop Culture
…their futures. “They talked about their aspirations, their dreams, their hopes,” Cooks says. Students worked on “the basics of a life plan for what they would do, where they wanted…
Grounding Our Teaching in Research
…on a performative function as the students discuss aspects of the essays that they consider to be most important given the ideological context, and that these comments were often clichés….
Books Matter Because Your Reading Life Matters
…She is an avid reader and aspiring writer who is passionate about all things related to YA lit, building life-long readers beyond the walls of the classroom, integrating the arts…
Changing Our Story of the Middle East
…incomprehensibly in a faraway desert. As we read, Malala systematically challenged every aspect of our one story of the Middle East. Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country, elected a female prime…
Shifting Assessment “Home”—Part II: Inviting Families to Expand Our Perspectives
…experiences our students have. Equipped with this information, we can celebrate new aspects of literacy learning and begin to help students build bridges between in-school and out-of-school literacy practices. Listen…
Reframing At-Home Reading: Three Small Shifts to Make a Big Difference
…alike can hopefully relax a bit and focus on the valued aspects of life away from school, whether they crave much-needed family time or a bit of overdue reflective solitude….
Lines on the Court, Lines in the Poem: Poetry Analysis and March Madness
…way that feels opinion-based and, thus, casual. These informal conversations give students confidence to dig further into what aspects of the poem cause their preferential responses. I first saw the…
Reading Outside Our Cultural Comfort Zones
…of African descent? What connections can you make between this story, your Social Studies classes, and also our current events? Connection: We then compared aspects of this story to Lin…
NCTE Statement on the Doublespeak Award and Anti-Censorship Efforts
…regarding some aspects of NCTE’s Public Language Awards. To be clear and for the record: The Doublespeak Award has not been canceled; planning work is underway, and as the website…
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