Love + Stories Project
I’ve been thinking of all the people who now look for connections from behind a screen. Can we still experience love this way?
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- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
5 Rules of Thumb for Teaching During a Pandemic
But instead of thinking about how sad and unfortunate we all are to be in our positions, I’m trying the best I can to think about how much b
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- Aug 3, 2020
- 5 min
Essential Virtual Tools for ELA Teachers
My school will start remote learning this Monday, and everyone is scrambling to find the best and easiest tools to make life easier.
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- Jul 30, 2020
- 7 min
Language and Power
As an English teacher, I’m always thinking about the power of language. But recently, I’ve been thinking about language and power. How...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
3 Tips for a Successful ELA Teaching Interview and Job Hunt
July is here and its arrival makes me think of all those future teachers out there, stalking job websites and submitting online applications
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- Jun 27, 2020
- 3 min
How to Write or Teach the College Application Essay or Personal Narrative
I talk to my students about what I call "The 4 T's" of the college essay - topic, tone, theme, and time.
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- Jun 13, 2020
- 3 min
The Class of 2020: A Time for Creativity
I’ve always known the resilience of children, but this year, as I watch, or imagine, my students graduate and go off into the world, I’ve n
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- Jun 11, 2020
- 2 min
The Value of an End of Year Course Evaluation
I strongly believe that authentic narratives from my students are the most useful information to improve myself, more useful than profession
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- Jun 2, 2020
- 4 min
4 Easy Ways to End Injustice in Education Now
Children don’t compete on a level playing field in our country.
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- May 21, 2020
- 3 min
5 Ways to Provide Meaningful Feedback
In my first few years of teaching, I remember feeling completely consumed by grading.
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- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Library Vs. Web Browsing: 30 Sources for Projects
We become open-minded when ideas find us, not when we find them.
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- May 12, 2020
- 4 min
4 Ways to Simplify Teaching English Language Arts
This is the hardest thing for any teacher. Take a very difficult and complicated topic and make it easy to understand.
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- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Sometimes, Less is More
If there’s one thing virtual teaching has taught me, it’s that less is more.
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- May 4, 2020
- 5 min
The 4 Essentials of Reading Checks and Note-taking
If we want students to be lifelong learners and readers, we need to make reading as fun and painless as possible.
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- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Graduation Video Essay: The Class of 2020
Never before has it been so difficult to answer the question: How does it feel to graduate?
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- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
3 Simple Classroom Management Tricks That Work
Any teacher knows the challenge of creating a healthy rhythm in class.
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- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
Why Short Fiction?
This is the magic of fiction. Depending on the story, the author must pick and choose what facts and thoughts the audience will know and not
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- Apr 15, 2020
- 3 min
What Does Project-Based Learning Mean for High School English?
During the last few weeks of school, I really sit back and listen.
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- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
Bringing Together Music and Literature in the Virtual Classroom
This morning, as I listened to a song from Mikaela Davis, I thought, why not ask students to share their favorite song?
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- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
Teaching Podcasts
The podcast takes us back to oral epic poetry – it demands the mind’s attention just like a lengthy novel.
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- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
Rethinking the Structure of the Essay
Over the years, I’ve discovered that there’s a fine line in the teaching of writing between convention and creativity.
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- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
How Students Come to Love Poetry
It’s a good time to read and listen to poetry. It’s a very good time to write poetry.
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- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
Grades Should Be Invisible
I became a teacher to talk about literature, not to talk about grades and due dates and rubrics and expectations.