Classroom seating. It’s one of the very first things you consider as a new teacher. How do I want my room arranged? How do I decide which students should sit next to one another? You do some research and you ask other teachers what works for them, and eventually you reluctantly settle on an […]
It’s the start of a new school year and this is my fourth year at the American Community School of Abu Dhabi. And yes, it is ridiculously hot right now…I get a facial every time I walk outside. For the 2019-20 year I am teaching 2 Language and Literature Year 2’s (new prep), 1 AP […]
Every day, the student walked into my class sighing, treating my classroom like it was maybe the second circle of hell, or, at the very least, purgatory. Every assignment induced moans, every request that the writer keep writing or try a little harder met with a roll of the eye. And now this student was […]
Mentor Text: Basketball (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano Techniques: Writing About Sports (or Pop Culture) Engaging Non-Fiction Writing Using Footnotes Background – Like many Canadians, I got caught up in the Toronto Raptors’ championship run this past spring. I haven’t watched basketball since high school, really, so it was neat rediscovering the game. At the […]
Friends, I’m trying something new this year! A vlog series about communicating writing workshop with students, parents, and administrators! Please let me know how you like it below in the comments (I’m dying to know)! Remember: the key to these videos is that they are brief and follow a predictable format. In every video, I […]
The beginning of a new year–a year where I’ll focus my MW attention on two particular students in need of some writing inspiration.
Since I first wrote about how I use It’s Complicated: The American Teenager in the first week of school, this amazing book has gone out of publication. And sadly, my personal copy was borrowed and never returned, so I have not been able to help others who also can’t get their hands on a copy of the […]
As is our habit, we are taking the summer away from the blog to read, write, and recharge. We’ll be back in late August with new content, but for the summer, let’s take a journey down memory lane as we visit our ten most-read posts from the previous school year! Yesterday, Rebekah posted about assessment […]
Lindsay Bruggeman is a high school English teacher and volleyball coach at Loveland High School. She is currently working toward her Masters of Arts in Teaching with the Ohio Writing Project at Miami University. You can reach her at lindsaybruggeman3@gmail.com or Twitter @MrsBruggemanLHS. What are the chances it rains this Saturday? Where is the […]
As is our habit, we are taking the summer away from the blog to read, write, and recharge. We’ll be back in late August with new content, but for the summer, let’s take a journey down memory lane as we visit our ten most-read posts from the previous school year! It’s never too late […]
