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

I have just finished grading my students’ blogs from the first semester. I jumped into this blogging project with only … More

I really don’t like Venn diagrams. I can NOT draw them. I mean, pre-calculus pretty much ruined me from … More

I first learned about The Book of Awesome from my friend Amy, who presented about nonfiction mentor texts at the … More