Kaitlin and Ryan juniors in the Secondary Education English program at Oklahoma State University. Originally from Flower Mound, TX and Ann Arbor, MI, Kaitlin developed her love for writing through her experience having excellent middle school and high school English teachers and through her love …
Sarah J. Donovan is a former junior high English language arts teacher of fifteen years and an Assistant Professor of Secondary English Education at Oklahoma State University. She wrote Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms (2016) and the young adult novel, Alone Together (2018). …
Ann and Abigail are juniors at Oklahoma State University studying secondary English education. Ann’s goal is to teach high school English and possibly history. She loves to write, both academically and creatively, and is the secretary for the OSU Writing Club. Ann lives in Stillwater, …
Allison Berryhill teaches English and journalism in Atlantic, Iowa. She is publications-coordinator for the Iowa Council of Teachers of English. Follow her @allisonberryhil for photos of #IowaSky and schoolblazing.blogspot.com for random musings–most recently about housing her elderly parents in her basement during Covid-19. Inspiration I …
Susan Ahlbrand had been teaching 8th grade English/language arts for 32 years in the small southern Indiana town of Jasper. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, listening to music, and spending time with her husband and four kids. Inspiration Famous folk singer Joni …
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Margaret Simon lives on the Bayou Teche in New Iberia, Louisiana. Margaret has been an elementary school teacher for 32 years, most recently gifted ELA. She renewed her National Board Certification in 2019. Her first book of children’s poetry, Bayou Song: Creative Explorations of the …
Today’s poetry celebration comes from Padma Venkatraman is the author of four award-winning, critically acclaimed novels: A TIME TO DANCE, ISLAND’S END and CLIMBING THE STAIRS, and THE BRIDGE HOME. All were released to three or more starred reviews (accruing a total of 12 starred …
Naydeen and Jordy are preservice teachers in Secondary English Education at Oklahoma State University. Jordy is from Norman, Oklahoma. As she begins teaching in an English classroom, she also would like to coach high school volleyball. Her goal in her own classroom someday is to …