If you've ever taken a graduate course during summer session, then you know how much work there is to do. The course I'm teaching at Penn State Harrisburg is no different. My students (who are the most punctual group of people with whom I've ever worked) take their responsibilities seriously. They are in the classroom… Continue reading A Peek Inside My Grad Course
A little inspiration
Last week Annie Campbell published this op-ed, "Guarding Fragility," in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. It is powerful and worth the read. I hope you check it out. Annie has been helping me with my keynote. She's read, asked questions, and provided much needed encouragement. Annie is a friend of mine, but we've never met face to… Continue reading A little inspiration
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Boys and Girls Playing Together
I recently read Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture (2011) by Peggy Orenstein. While hospitals don't hand out manuals to parents who leave with a newborn, this book is the closest thing I've found to a manual on how I want to raise my daughter. (As for… Continue reading Boys and Girls Playing Together
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The Weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge
Please link the Slice of Life Story you write today to this post by leaving a comment. Be sure to check out other bloggers’ writing by clicking through the links in the comment section of this post. Come back later today (or even tomorrow) to read through the links of a few other Slicers who… Continue reading The Weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge
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Expanding Writing Celebrations
Here's what's filling up my brain... On Wednesday I'll be joining educators at the Literacy in Motion Conference at Judson University. If you are there, make sure to say, Hello!
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Morning Meeting Ideas + a Giveaway
Several years ago, I took a graduate course entitled "Literature for Older Children" with Kathy Brody, who was a former classroom teacher. Brody, who was trained in the Responsive Classroom approach, wanted to share her passion for Responsive Classroom with her graduate students. Therefore, she taught us about one of the most important pillars of… Continue reading Morning Meeting Ideas + a Giveaway
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Master Teacher Gets a Standing Ovation
My favorite English teacher, Frank Dippery, retired after 51 years of teaching last week. Mr. Dippery was a teacher unlike any other. (I blogged a bit about him in 2008. Click here to learn a little bit more about his teaching style.) He was the teacher whose class you looked forward to every day since… Continue reading Master Teacher Gets a Standing Ovation
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Routines
As summer takes over, I've realized our routines are shifting with the season. Typically I write for 15 minutes in the morning and again at night. During the summer I write first thing in the morning and usually have more than hour, sometimes stretching into almost three. No matter what time of the year, though,… Continue reading Routines
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Today’s Our Blogiversary
Today is our FIFTH blogiversary. That's right! Five years ago today we started Two Writing Teachers. Here's a little look at five things that have changed between June 12th, 2007 and June 12th, 2012. Five years ago Ruth and I had met in person just once. Now we have seen each other in person quite… Continue reading Today’s Our Blogiversary
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Mentor Texts and Journal Articles and Professional Books… Oh My!
A BIG thank you to the people who graciously responded to the post I wrote in March when I was compiling the book list for the graduate course I'm teaching. The titles you suggested were great additions to the rough draft of the book list I had compiled. Unfortunately, some of the books were not… Continue reading Mentor Texts and Journal Articles and Professional Books… Oh My!
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The Weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge
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It’s Late…
One of my professional goals this summer is to get ahead on my blog posts. So far I'm failing miserably at this. We've been out of internet since 6:17 am. It's back (but slow) and I'm blogging, hoping I start accomplishing my blog-ahead goal soon. So for tonight's post you get a little collection of… Continue reading It’s Late…
