Think Like Authors by Sarah Dollah-Said
If you want your students to think like authors, then have them speak to authors by Sarah Dollah-Said Being a literature and writing teacher for middle school students is hard enough when you are competing with Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tumbler (whatever other social media networks …
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 …