Welcome to the fourth post in my series about the poetry essay I tried this year! In review, this year … More
Author: Jennifer
High School English Teacher, Teacher Consultant with Northstar of Texas Writing Project, 2010 TCTELA High School Teacher of the Year, 2011 NCTE High School Teacher of Excellence
Time for Poetry: Poetry Essay Part 3
This post is part of an ongoing series where I document this year’s attempt to teach students to write about … More
Field Note Friday: Response Groups for Student Writing
After students have finished a share-able draft of any writing for our class, we meet in response groups. Unlike peer … More
Time for Poetry: Analytical Response to Poetry, Day 1
Moving along in my reflection on my poetry research project, a new thing that I’m trying for the spring semester, … More
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? YA Epics
Since my last reading update, I’ve been working my way through a couple of trilogies that I have enjoyed. I … More
Teach It Slant 