Three examples of how an essay structure can be dismantled and put back together: I. Chuck Wendig retells The Three Little Pigs: #literaryanalysis essay: Chuck uses the medium of Twitter to take on a writing challenge and analyzing The Three Little Pigs and how it relates to capitalism. That one is easy. Let’s do it.… Read More Summer Series of Saves: Disrupt the Essay, Continued. (IV)
Black women are superheroes. pic.twitter.com/9s2bssliqW — Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 5, 2018 Ok, America. Your July 4th/Independence Day thing is coming up. Here are a few things that I think you should re-read or read for the first time. I have included audio where possible so you don’t have any excuses. 1/ pic.twitter.com/lRMiYroS1s — Val… Read More Summer Series of Saves: Dismantling the Essay (III)
New Yorker cartoons often remind me of the importance of prior knowledge. pic.twitter.com/2zpWXR1ZAk — Kelly Gallagher (@KellyGToGo) July 3, 2018 When Kelly Gallagher tweeted about prior knowledge, he hit on something critical in this idea: that prior knowledge is also culturally dependent. And this is key: culturally dependent also includes time, place, setting, generational, and… Read More Summer Series of Saves: The Cockroach (II)
#NationalWritingDay @writeday South Shields: I feel most free when….. A fantastic group poem on this year’s theme. pic.twitter.com/vZ1f0zEv1R — New Writing North Young Writers (@NWNyoungwriters) June 23, 2018 @NWNyoungwriters @NewWritingNorth http://www.cuckoowriters.com/features/detail/young-writers-talent-fund-call-applicants/ This post is half-done: curating a list of resources for writers of every age. This stood out. Insomnia is different when it’s summer break:… Read More New Writing North
This is a tragic story. It’s the story of how we lose one another, how men hurt women, the women who bear them children and love them. It’s of a sister’s pain and a mother’s despair. And it’s beautifully told. http://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/graphics/2018/05/jaimee-mendez/?camp=breakingnews:newsletter https://www.bostonglobe.com/2018/05/31/the-face-waves/vmVVYvXOHRjk4ZO5UYyojO/story.html https://longform.org/posts/the-face-in-the-waves As I am deconstructing the structure of this piece: it is a… Read More Storytelling for the digital age
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/video/142394/we-real-cool https://eveewing.com/ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/video/77400/snake https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ZOkJg7G0qh3rz1lYp_dCjvlmp0KMTJI/view https://blog.ted.com/10-spoken-word-performances-folded-like-lyrical-origami/ https://www.theodysseyonline.com/top-50-spoken-word-poems?sec=pop24&utm_expid=.53hHQ_sIS_GVYl9TPM4psw.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F 30 ways to celebrate national poetry month Request a free copy of the National Poetry Month poster until mid-April; posters can be purchased for $5.00 each in our Poets shop thereafter (while supplies list). Sign up for Poem-a-Day and read a poem each morning. Sign up for Teach This Poem, a weekly series for teachers. Memorize… Read More poetry month
A wonderful question appeared on one of my ELA social media groups the other day, “What was your favorite lesson/unit you created?” and immediately I thought of the (say this in a trumpeting voice): BOX OF DESTINY! I created this prior to hearing the term ‘role play’ — not being a Dungeons and Dragons person… Read More Favorite Lessons: Box of Destiny
What feeds your soul? If I didn’t know about The Odyssey…or ancient storytelling, what would my relationship with incredible texts be with N.K. Jemison, Junot Diaz, Adrianne Huron, Neil Gaiman, Naomi Alderman, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Colson Whitehead…and on and on. Writers from a variety of backgrounds, ethnicities, and experiences, all weaving grand stories…if I didn’t have exposure… Read More Move heaven and earth…
Scaffolds and formulaic writing carry an enormous responsibility: the responsibility to go away. Be gone! BANISHED! They must serve their purpose, and then skedaddle. But how do we teachers help students know when to take off the training wells? The paradox of scaffolding helps them get started but also sends the message that they are not… Read More Changing the formula.
I credit my dear friend Sharon Clarke for reminding me of this lesson we learned at a PSWP Social Studies course Here is the lesson in brief detail: Have students write about a recent event that they would remember. Take all the voices and then randomly throw some away: you can provide the educational theater… Read More First they came for…
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