The aim of each thing we do is to make our lives and the lives of our children richer and more possible. – Audre Lorde Raising a child requires profound strength and hope. You must believe in your ability to forge a future that is… Read More
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Building blocks for online learning
This school year will be my 20th year in the classroom. For the past 19 years, summer months have provided necessary respite—the quiet pause—I’ve needed to refuel for the coming school year. To refill my cup so that I can arrive well and whole for my students… Read More
Slice of Life 29: Post-it Ideas
Sometimes the best lesson ideas come to me at the most unexpected times, which is usually when I grab a post-it note to write it down and stick it on my desk, next to my computer, somewhere I’ll find it again. Two “post-it” ideas today:
Slice of Life 14: Disruptive Teaching
“If you’re not challenging systems of power and privilege, then you’re perpetuating them.” I’ve heard this line in some version over the last few months, at various workshops and other PD, including more than one NCTE session last fall. I’ve been thinking about it a lot,… Read More
Self-Reflection, Identity as a Path to Critical Inquiry
My students have been studying argument for the last few weeks. We’ve covered most of the basics and a bit more: the rhetorical triangle, ethos, pathos, logos, classical v. Rogerian structures, induction v. deduction. syllogisms, and claims, evidence, and warrants a la the Toulmin model.… Read More
Slice of Life 8: Fifteen suggestions
On this International Women’s Day, I finished reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new book Dear Ijeawele, Or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. The book is structured as a letter to Adichie’s friend who asked her how she could raise her young daughter to be a feminist.… Read More
Conferring as Prewriting
I was reminded the other day of the work of Don Murray (who, with Don Graves, I affectionately refer to as “the Dons” in my head). “Prewriting usually takes about 85% of the writer’s time,” Murray wrote in his wonderful essay, “Teaching Writing as a… Read More
Reimagining Learning Spaces: The Third Teacher
A few years ago, I started to rethink my classroom space. I wondered, What does this room say about me as a teacher, or my students as learners? Is the space working in the best ways in can? Although I don’t think I realized it… Read More
A Place to Belong
Recently, I was honored to be among the contributors to Education Week’s Classroom Q & A with Larry Ferlazzo. This week’s question was, “What’s the best way to start the school year?” Below was my response. Be sure to follow the link at the end… Read More
Zen Teaching
NOTE: This post was originally published on MovingWriters.org. Follow the link at the end to continue reading. Now that it’s officially August, I’m starting to feel what I suspect many teachers feel this time of year—the all too familiar mix of anxiety and anticipation. While I… Read More
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