Moving Writers has been proud to be a partner of the National Writing Project’s Write Out for the last few years, encouraging folks to get outside of their four walls and write in nature. This year, we’re also partnering with lilyPD, professional development powered by William & Mary, to share a mini-collection of fresh resources […]
Several years ago, a student candidly expressed frustration with how the climate crisis was discussed at our school: “Teachers have us read an article or a poem that kick up all these feelings of despair. And…that’s it. That’s the end. Instead of just making me sad and angry, why don’t they give us tools to […]
Metaphor for the win on this last of our Poetry Pauses for Hope series.
What can a new moon teach us about hope?
Hope can be complicated, and today’s poem explores that.
A recipe poem serves as a mentor text for students to think about what hope requires.
A fresh approach to Emily Dickinson’s “Hope is the thing with feathers
I humbly suggest an alternative analogy for generative AI, more fitting for the classroom: the microwave.
And to help me elaborate on this analogy, I want you to meet my mom.
What can we say to students when they turn in writing that was clearly manufactured by AI?
Each Spring as I begin to move into my final units of the school year, most of the summative assessments that I’ve designed for students have been written assessments. Some years I’ve added in Socratic Seminars or other discussion formats. Other years we’ve had presentations. But, often I’m looking for some other assessments that break from these molds […]
