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Practicing What We Preach

Writing education greats like Nancy Atwell have stressed the importance of writing in order to teach writing.  After all, if we are not familiar with the process ourselves, how can we instruct others on its best approaches? 
 Recently I decided that although I still come home exhausted, I am done with my Masters and with KTIP […]

From the Archives - Part 3

While teaching 7th Grade Language Arts at Shelby County East Middle School (12-05)
“I hate it.
It’s for sissies.
I don’t understand it.
I only like lovey-dovey poems…
We did poetry in fourth grade, that’s all I know.
Shakespeare sucks!
NO i do not Like poem because i can’t keep a good poem going so that why i can’t stand it!”
The above […]