Thank you for joining us for our first 5-day monthly writing challenge. And a special thank you to Susie Morice for her writing inspirations, close reading, and genuine encouragement of us as teachers, writers, and human beings. The next challenge begins July 15th through 19th! …
Part of teaching for social justice is noticing the “social” in the lives of our students and giving them opportunities to explore the “justice” in those experiences and encounters. In anticipation of Halloween and potential concerns with costume choices, I facilitated lessons on argument writing …
“So the speaker is saying that she wishes her mother would have left her courage behind instead of her brooch.Can you relate this poem to another poem or story?” says Jonathan. “Yes, Andy*?” “This reminds me of a movie, Guardians of the Galaxy.” “What makes …