I’m reading student short stories. Yes, I am aware that I had two weeks to read these, but I will say that if I don’t assign homework for my little dumplings, then I should get a bit of a pass as well. And here I am, reading narratives that my students have written. Exposition They…
Tag: Writing
An open letter to the NCAA Clearinghouse
How dare you? How dare you say that Journalism is not a “real” English class? How dare you say that my curriculum is not rigorous? What do you know about the day to day challenges of the student journalist? What do you know about how hard they work to report and write stories? What do…
Flowering from within
Well, thinking about poetry and teaching again, I looked at my class rosters and I realize that I have a couple of students who take a lot of my courses. One girl that I taught in seventh grade and again last year in American Literature is taking both of my senior electives next year and…
Writing and Revision – to Re-see
Thanks to Clay Burell for asking me to consider finishing this entry. As part of our Community Connections work this year we published an anthology of student writing. The anthology included the writing of every member (but one) of the junior class, and each student was asked to revise a piece of writing until their…
Living on the Lip of Insanity 