Mentor Texts for Teaching Narrative Writing: Chapter Books
As a follow-up to our November 2017 #NCTEchat,聽Using Mentor Texts, we asked our social media community to share some of …
January English Journal: Writing is Power
This post is written by members Pamela J. Hickey and Vicki McQuitty. Words are power(ful). As teacher-writers, we know the …
Storytelling through Music: An Israeli Folk Group Visits the Classroom
This post is written by member Molly Sutton Kiefer. I grew up in community theaters鈥攔unning up and down the aisles, …
Why “Workshop” the Canon?
This post is written by member Mary Styslinger. Do you sometimes feel torn between teaching literature and literacy?聽 On the …
Let鈥檚 Talk about (Teaching) Writing
This post is written by member Sandra L. Tarabochia. Twelve years ago, my first year in graduate school, I was …
Raising Voices: Creating a Storytelling Club
This post is written by member Kevin D. Cordi. The school day ends. Essays on The Canterbury Tales are finished. …
Keeping a Record of the Reading Life
This post is written by member Molly Sutton Kiefer. When I was young, I鈥檇 ask my father, a literature and …
Why We Write
This post is written by members Amy Miller and Meghan Jones. 鈥淲riting can be my best friend.鈥� 鈥淲riting to me …
Teaching Composition Using Transcripts
This post is written by members Kate Artz, Danah Hashem, and Anne Mooney. One of the biggest challenges of teaching …
POST TRUTH? POST TRUST? Why Students Really Need a Civics Education
This post is written by member Susan Ellenberg. The emphasis on core academics has seen a steady increase over the …