With the emphasis on STEM these days in education, sometimes I feel like English gets lost in the shuffle and with that, our English-loving students do as well. How do we keep the fire for reading and writing lit when students are pulled (or pushed) into other areas? This past Read more…
This has been the month for state literacy conferences. WVCTE and NWP@WVU led off with WVELA19 which was showcased on WVCTE blog earlier this month. Not to be outdone, Marshall University and the Central West Virginia Writing Project (CWVWP) also hosted a 2 day event entitled Find Your Voice: Growing Read more…
Walter Dean Myers, author of Monster, Fallen Angle, and Scorpion, among others young adult novels, was quoted in the New York Times as saying, “Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books?” As a self-professed ‘book nerd’ Read more…
A few years ago I embarked on a research project with the National Writing Project (NWP) where we looked at college and career readiness with regard to writing. What we discovered was that our students were not prepared for the demands of a writing life beyond that basic 5 paragraph Read more…
Apples for teachers sure have changed over the past few years. Over the past few months, I have been working towards my certification as an Apple Teacher. Obtaining certification wasn’t really that difficult as I had to read 16 ibooks and take quizzes to prove that I had mastered the Read more…