I ‘ve been rereading Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading as I look to teach and apply the signposts with my 9th graders (we introduce the signposts within the first few weeks of school). At the same time, I’ve also been reading the 3rd edition of Atwell’s In the… Read More
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Reading Challenges Visualized
Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting at the PA Writing & Literature Project (PAWLP) Summer Institute on using visual tools in multigenre composition. One of the visual tools that I discussed was the use of infographics. Then in my Twitter feed this past… Read More
New Yorker Inspired Writing
Yesterday afternoon while I skimmed and scanned my inbox, I came across Lena Dunham’s latest piece for The New Yorker—”The Bride in Her Head“—a wonderful essay in which she examines her changing attitude toward marriage, reflecting on her own personal life particularly in the context of the Supreme Court’s… Read More
My ISTE experience: First the bad news…
I’m currently working on a presentation I’m giving for a digital writing course and reflecting on my experience at the ISTE conference, which I attended last week. It was the first time I’d ever attended an ISTE conference. As with most conferences, I came away… Read More
A Year in Our Reading Lives: An Infographic
As the culminating project for their 9th grade year, my students created an infographic to represent their year in reading. They included the 9 books they read as part of the course (our “whole class” novels) and then any additional books they completed as part… Read More
Slice of Life 31: Purpose with a capital P
I came across this infographic in one of my social media feeds the other day and immediately saved it. I tried to locate the original source by doing a reverse image Google search, but it looks like the image has been copied/pasted around so much on… Read More
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