moving writers

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First Year Teacher Support: The Power of Talk

When I decided to write a blog for new teachers, I should have begun with this piece of advice. What I’m going to share with you is nothing new or

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Sticky notes are a love language, right? These days, everything seems big. The problems are enormous, the exhaustion is shattering, and the

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1945 World War II Victory Garden poster by Hubert Morley Louise Maher-Johnson’s poem, “Notes from a Climate Victory Garden,” offers a series of

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This year on Moving Writers, my “beat” returns to poetry as a foundational element of a writing classroom. Each month’s post will examine how

1 min read 2021-11-19 01:15:00

Last month, I introduced two new means of reflection–a set of brainstorming questions inspired by Reading with Presence and a “poetry

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Welcome back to the Inquiry Lab! In my last post, I shared ways I teach and coach students to nudge each other toward deeper learning. Today,

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A Portrait of an English Department’s Racial Reckoning: Using Reading Responses with Critical Race Theory K. Keener (www.kakeener.com) has

1 min read 2021-11-09 21:00:00

Early fall here in Virginia. This is a love story. In 2012, Allison and I applied for the same job at a local high school. One position. Two of us.

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Shhhh…. Have you ever had a secret you are embarrassed of or even afraid to tell someone you are extremely close to? You aren’t alone. In the

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Last month I posted about a schema model for reading and writing: the idea of Big Picture and Closeup literary elements and writer’s tools. In

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Hey there, new teacher! I hope you’re hanging in there! This is right around the time of the year during my first year of teaching when I

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Mentor Text: Hairy Legs and All by Stephen Graham Jones Techniques: Writing HorrorDefying ConventionsEditing Background – My pandemic “thing”

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A few weeks ago I outlined my peculiar teacher headspace this year as I face the challenge of teaching AP Lang after years of working to perfect

1 min read 2021-10-22 20:00:00

This year on Moving Writers, my “beat” returns to poetry as a foundational element of a writing classroom. Each month’s post will examine how

1 min read 2021-10-21 23:45:00

I often find myself telling students, particularly my seniors, that I am “throwing them into the deep end.” As the year begins, I may assign a