Welcome to Day 3 of the January Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read the prompt below and then, …
Connecting with school communities in the aftermath of shootings and lockdowns
Welcome to Day 2 of the January Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read the prompt below and then, …
Connecting with others or things through a personal letter poem
Welcome to Day 1 of the January Open Write. If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you are in the kind, capable hands of today’s host, so just read the prompt below and then, …
In Review: No More Fake Reading
Gordon, B. (2018). No More Fake Reading. SAGE Publications.Reviewed Lauryn M. Who Am I? My name is Lauryn M., and I am a Junior at Oklahoma State University studying Secondary Education. I am working towards becoming a middle school or high school English teacher, and …
Invitations for 2023
I was in a meeting yesterday with a wonderful future teacher who said that she worried that the rigor of college reading and writing about literature might suffocate what she loves most about English language arts: writing. Writing for expression. Writing to create. Writing for …
In Review: The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy
The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy by Elizabeth Dutro Book Review by Ashlyn How do I facilitate deep and meaningful discussions in my ELA classroom that allow my students to learn from each other’s life experiences without bringing painful memories to the surface that may cause …
In Review: Storytelling and Disability in the Clasroom
Storytelling and Disability in the Classroom: A Pre-Service Teacher’s Review of Disfigured by Amanda Leduc Reviewed by Julia Miller Who am I and what do I want to understand better as a teacher? I am a pre-service teacher attending Oklahoma State University. As I prepare …
In Review: Trust Me! I Can Read
Lamping, S, & Woodring Blase, Dean (2012). Trust Me! I Can Read: Building From Strengths In The High School English Classroom. Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Garrett Davis Who am I? My name is Garrett Davis, and I am currently a student at Oklahoma State …
In Review: Readicide
Gallagher, K. (2009). Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It. Stenhouse Publishers. Reviewed by Kade Copenhaver Who am I and what do I want to understand better as a teacher? As an undergraduate student and preservice secondary English educator, …
In Review: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies
Reviewed by Sheyenne Mitchell-Brown Who am I and what do I want to understand better as a teacher? I am a pre-service teacher who picked up this book wanting to know how I– a white woman– could build my future classroom on a foundation of …