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Today was a good day, but what day at NCTE isn’t? Since we just finished our last session and have dinner plans in a few minutes, you’re getting a list of swirling thoughts. Expect more blog posts about NCTE in the future.
Choice matters. ...
“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus
As a child, I didn’t know much about change. I moved from Brooklyn to New Jersey when I was a baby. I switched schools in the fall of sixth grade, thereby dividing the first thirteen...
Right now I’m sitting in Stacey’s kitchen, thinking how good it is to be in the same house as my friend.
I already know I have a great class. (We’ll see if I still feel this way after I get the sub notes for the three days I’m absent.)
Yesterday...
Today is the first day of the new trimester. This means two things:
I get to teach my own class starting today — English 9A with 26 students.
I barely slept last night and woke up early today. This is typical behavior prior to the “first day of...
I love love love your blog. And the idea that it's two of you collaborating to write and produce this blog is awesome. It inspired my colleague and I to set up a blog together. If you have time, check it out: http://lefanim.blogspot.c om
I really like the concrete examples you give of strategies to teach writing and writer's workshop.
