A Week With Dewey, day 5
What does this quote by John Dewey mean to you? How does it manifest in your practice?
Memoir: The Beautiful Problem of Remembering
When we read literature about lives that seem too distant from our own, how do we minimize our tendencies to “other” the unfamiliar? In the middle school reading classroom, I have found that if we begin with the process of telling our own stories — …
A Week With Dewey, day 4
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 …