This I Believe: Using American Creed as a mentor text starts us off write
What’s Really New? This week (and next) my students will wrap up our American Creed unit by both creating an…
Inviting Writers
What’s Really New? I center authentic writing and prioritize living poets and writers, but yesterday when I used a new…
Passion Matters
What’s New? This week my first year students started work on our rhetorical analysis unit. On Tuesday when I introduced…
Teaching Humans
What’s Really New: Last academic year, by remembering that I was teaching humans I was able to engineer a soft…
Why I Care About Authentic Writing
Inauthentic disposable writing assignments do not make writers and do not help students learn how to write. Authentic writing breaks that shameful cycle and shows students that writing matters and that writers wield power.
Triangle Power
The triangle is the strongest shape, capable of holding its shape, having a strongbase, and providing immense support. Some of the…
