Tag: English

We came up with the idea of planning and putting on a music festival. We looked at each other, paused, then simultaneously said, “Naaahhh.”

Am I teaching them to write, or am I inspiring writers?

Schools are full of adults who aren’t classroom teachers, but a classroom teacher can go through their entire career without really...

I stood in front of the classroom, testing guidelines in hand, as 17 sixth-grade studen...

Independent reading is the reading students do that has potential ...

Our topic was “close reading,” and when we were sharing strategies ...

Exhibitions of student learning, with their many projects, activities, and associated...

In the world of project-based learning, prototypes are necessary for success...

I introduced critique to my class after reading Ron Berger’s manifesto, An Ethic of...

Like my students must do in their writing, I must attend to my audience. Using what I...