Okay, so it’s day five of my seven-day writing challenge, and let’s just face it, I’m pooped. Haha! So, to make today easier on myself, I’m going to share my top four writing posts (and one from Cult of Pedagogy that I wrote!). Top Writing Instruction Posts on Louden Clear in Education Writing Conferences: How and Why Teachers Should Use Them I am a big believer in conferencing with student writers throughout the writing process. In this post, I explain…
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5 Excellent Resources for Teaching Poetry in Secondary English
Instruction, Uncategorized April 4, 2018I have slacked on teaching poetry this year. Big time. As in, we’ve barely even glanced at poetry. I knew that had to change during these last few weeks of school,…
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I am constantly telling my students not to procrastinate. Plan ahead, I tell them. Do your work early, I preach. But truth is, when I procrastinate, I tend to do my…
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Have you ever noticed that our educational system expects ambition from our students but not from our teachers? We want students to have drive, to strive for more, to dream big,…
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Spring break is over. Today is the last day and I’m just not ready to go back. I could use at least another week (who’s with me?!). Despite my sadness at…
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Early this school year I came across a post about using hyperdocs on Cult of Pedagogy. After reading Jenn’s post, I immediately started doing more research. In addition to this post about playlists (similar idea),…
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Teacher Appreciation Week should be at the beginning of February. Hear me out on this: Yes, we’ve just had a break for a couple weeks, and if your school is like…
