On a recent sunny October morning, I laced up my sneakers and set out on a run through golden tree-lined paths in a park close to my house. The run was at a mild pace, the air fresh, and I was daydreaming while running. I ended the run red-cheeked but not overly winded or strained. […]
Forensic Science is one of the most popular electives at our school, which makes sense given how often students tell me that either Law & Order, SVU, Criminal Minds, or Cold Case is their favorite tv show. Students are engaged by clues, puzzles, and intrigue. While ELA teachers lean into this engagement strategy when we […]
At the beginning of December, a local high school reached out and asked to come into our school to shadow our writing center and ask questions. They were interested in beginning their own center. It was a career-long dream of their English department chair, much like it was for my own department coordinator when we […]
The excitement of the holidays thrums through our hallways and all of the festive delight creates a unique frenetic energy that is a joy to be around. Teachers, however, will attest to the difficulty in harnessing this energy into focused writer workshops, especially when December also means state testing, late-night choir and orchestra concerts, the […]
All writers are vulnerable, but our multilingual writers carry especially vulnerable learning identities that can be complex and enriching. As our school has grown its ELD program, we have had to adjust our instructional tools to best fit these thinkers and writers. It can sometimes feel like we are all novices: teachers and students alike. […]
Jennifer has been teaching 10-12th grade English, AP lit, and Writing for the past 18 years, and recently she has launched her high school’s first Writing Center. She is looking forward to sharing specific Writing Center tips with the Moving Writers community! This may be a bit meta, but my first post is both a […]
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