By Jessica Salfia A few weeks in our COVID-19 isolation, I got a message from my friend Natalie Sypolt who wanted to know if I would review a book for the online literary magazine, Change Seven. (side note: Check out this magazine. It’s a treasure trove of fiction, non-fiction, and Read more…
By Jessica Salfia Well, it’s day 9,789,573 of distance learning, distance teaching, and (if you are a parent), helping your own children navigate their distance learning assignments. During these last 5 weeks when I’m not teaching or communicating with students, I have been trying to find constructive ways to occupy Read more…
By Jessica Salfia Last week West Virginia teachers (and teachers across the county) in a moment’s notice were asked to leave their schools and transition with no training and little guidance to “distance” learning for up to three weeks. And we did. Because teachers and school service personnel are extraordinary. Read more…
By Jessica Salfia One of the things in my professional career that I’m most proud of is the work we’ve done to create WVELA. This conference is an opportunity for West Virginia’s ELA teachers to come together and share, collaborate, and grow. We all know that there is some truly Read more…
Fellow teachers! We have written a lot on this blog about using regional writers in our classrooms, and if you haven’t checked out the #AppalachianSyllabus tab on this web site, you need to. If you’ve wanted to explore Appalachian literature and studies, but didn’t know where to start, consider Read more…