As the semester draws to a close, I am reflecting on one of the questions that students have asked again and again over the course of the semester:
“Will this be marked?”
“What are they doing with their hands?”
My son, last night, at the dinner table. He was watching a music video of the Gypsy Kings on Youtube while eating his dinner. We have been more and more conscious of the impact of news on him lately, and today was no different —…
Teaching grammar seems to transport us as teachers from the concrete reality of our classrooms — fluorescent lights, concrete walls, earnest students — to an orchestral symphony.
As I sit at Bridgehead, reading introductory letters from students in my ENG2P class at Adult High School, I am overwhelmed by my privilege; both, for my position in life, and for being in the position where I will be a learner in my own classroom.
In their book 180 Days of Teaching, Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle (2018) write that “what we understand and practice in writing profoundly influences what our students learn. We can only teach what we know well” (81). This blog is my attempt to re-engage with the writing process in…