Slow Writing
…makes us more connected. When it’s appropriate, consider the letter or card on handmade paper, even to the point of adding thematically appropriate postage, decisions that signal that every aspect…
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How Autobiography Can Contribute to Global Citizenship in COVID-19 America
…to write about their own family’s day-to-day experiences during the pandemic. Since COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of everyone’s life in the United States, allowing opportunities for expression of this…
Appreciating the Possibilities of Writing
…self-assessment, or assessing only one aspect of a paper or one paragraph makes things easier on both you and your students. Differentiated writing tasks can be personalized to student needs….
Refusing Classroom Silence on Issues of Racism
…all valid and incredible steps in the right direction for all involved, but what about addressing the less flattering aspects of their local history? When was their community not so…
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…
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…
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