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April 26, 2020Rebekah O'Dell

A (Remote) Exploration of Poetry: Week #4

Dear poetry-loving English teacher friends, Last week, we paused. We paused because the kids needed a pause, and we needed a pause. In every way, I think all of us are trying to find that happy medium right now between all and nothing. But here we are again — week 4, the final week of our poetry […]

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April 21, 2020Rebekah O'Dell

Where do we go from here? How ’bout a victory lap?

Lindsay Bruggeman is a high school English teacher 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   So, where do we go from here? We can start by holding on to the good bones of our classrooms.  […]

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April 12, 2020April 14, 2020Rebekah O'Dell

A (Remote) Exploration of Poetry: Week 3

Hello, friends, I hope you had a good week last week. I hope you’re feeling well, and that the people you love are feeling well, too. This week’s poetry work is focused on a strange pairing: imagery and concision. It seems like imagery is requisite for any kind of poetry study. However, I find that most […]

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April 5, 2020April 15, 2020Rebekah O'Dell

A (Remote) Exploration of Poetry: Week Two

Hello, friends, It’s another week of distance learning — and boy, are we all learning. To tell you the truth, I’m grateful for the distraction of the learning right now. Less time to surf the news. 🙂 This week, my students will be thinking about line and stanza breaks and how poets do this intentionally to […]

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March 27, 2020Paige Timmerman

Using Mentor Texts to Write History

At this point in time, I’d be surprised if a teacher told me they haven’t gotten “the call” yet.  And by “the call,” I mean when an administrator reaches out to teachers to inform them what the school and/or state would be doing in response to COVID19.  I live in Illinois, so “the call” came […]

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