What does this quote by John Dewey mean to you? How does it manifest in your practice?
A Student’s View on Writing: Fidan’s Poetry (Part 3)
Welcome to the part 3 of my guest blog series. Today I will be sharing a few of my poems, and I will be explaining them a little bit. I hope you enjoy these poems and that you will reply in the comments with a poem …
A Week With Dewey, day 3
What does this quote by John Dewey mean to you? How does it manifest in your practice?
A Week With Dewey, day 2
What does this quote by John Dewey mean to you? How does it manifest in your practice?
A Student’s View on Writing: Advice For Teachers (Part 2) by Fidan
Welcome to part two of My 8th Grade Writing Experience. For this part two I will be giving some tips for 8th grade teachers before school starts again this fall. The first advice I have is that, when you teach your students types of poems or any other …
A Week With Dewey (1)
What does this quote by John Dewey mean to you? How does it manifest in your practice?
A Student’s View on Writing: Speak Your Heart Out (Part 1) by Fidan
Hello, my name is Fidan, and I’d like to share my writing experience in 8th grade with you! When I first got to writing class in 8th grade, I have to be honest, I wasn’t ever really the biggest fan of writing so I wasn’t …
Book Review: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
When I was in high school, I kept a diary. It was where I spoke my truth, my inner most thoughts, but also where I wrote poems to boys who didn’t even know I existed and dreams for my life beyond the dungeon of my …
Reading as a Witness to Lives Lived by Sarah J Donovan
As teachers, we bear witness to the lives of students every day, and in journals, blogs, seminars, and over lunch, we read the lives of students as well. Because of teachers, students’ stories endure. We are a witness to their lives.