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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Fisher, D., Frey, N., Hattie, J., & Thayre, M. (2017). Teaching Literacy in the Visible LearningClassroom, Grades 6-12. Corwin. by Elsa Berry The text I am selecting to review today is IMPACT: Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John …
Tovani, C. (2004). Do I really have to teach reading? Content comprehension, grades 6-12. Stenhouse Publishers. Reviewed by Emma Amick Who am I and what do I want to understand better as a teacher?Hi! My name is Emma Amick, and I am a pre-service teacher …
Olson, C. B., Scarcella, R. C., & Matuchniak, T. (2015). Helping English learners to write: Meeting common core standards, grades 6-12. Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Bailey Davenport Why this Book? Working part-time as an English teacher to International adults, I regularly find myself staring …
Welcome to Day 5 of the November Open Write. Thank you to Kim Johnson, Katrina Morrison, and Tammi Belko for nurturing our poetic living this month! If you have written with us before, welcome back. If you are joining us for the first time, you …