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Toward Better, Toward Healing, Toward Hope

by Erin Vogler Five years ago, when I began writing and sharing daily messages in my classroom, I never would have imagined that I’d still be writing and sharing them today. The #3024daily message began as a way to welcome students back from the isolation …

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Gratitude Kenning

This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …

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Traditions Tanka

This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …

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Clean Up and Clean Out!

This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …

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Code-Switching, Code-Meshing, Translanguaging and the Vulnerable Scholar

by Sue Weinstein Almost exactly four years ago, I published the essay “To Code-Switch or Not to Code-Switch: Wrangling Linguistic Politics in the Interest of Students” on the Ethical ELA website. At the time, we were almost exactly one year into the COVID-19 shutdown. I …

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Have You Asked the Students?

by Amber Harrison In celebration of the 10th anniversary of our website, Ethical ELA, I have created a Top Ten List, which takes me back to the reason why I am in the teaching profession: the people of our future! Student feedback has been one of …

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Having Tea

This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We gather every month and daily in April — no sign-ups, no fees, no commitments. Come and go as you please. All that …

Magic 8 Ball Poems 

This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. The next Open Write is November 15-17. Our Host Kim Johnson lives on a farm and is the …

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How Sweet It Is

This is the Open Write, a place for educators to nurture their writing lives and to advocate for writing poetry in community. We are here every month. The next Open Write is November 15-17. Our Host Fran Haley is a K–12 literacy educator who coordinates …

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Examining A Writing Manifesto from 2015

by Erica Johnson 2015 was the year I was first introduced to the National Writing Project. That summer I participated in a two week program with the Little Rock Writing Project, focused on helping teachers support their student writers.  In working on this blog, I …