Beware the Ides of March: An Open Letter to New Teachers For the past decade or so, I’ve been supervising all of the student teachers in my building, as well as working with first year teachers in my county and department. My own learning during this process has been Read more…
Disrupting the Literary Canon: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy Billy Buddby Herman Melville Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne These titles could have been pulled from any high Read more…
I remember vividly the first time I put my head on my desk and cried during my lunch period. The bell to end fourth period and move to lunch had just rung and a student was lingering behind asking me questions that had nothing to do with that day’s lessons. Read more…
Due to a medical condition, I’ve had to miss the last three weeks of school. Every teacher knows the struggle of planning for a substitute! Planning for a long-term substitute is no different. Fortunately for me, a good friend (and retired English teacher) offered to sub for me while I am Read more…
I value my students’ identities as readers and writers and I have been consciously making changes in my classroom to reflect that. My classroom climate is becoming one where a culture of reading is the norm and notthe exception. My students pull out books at every opportunity and it fills Read more…