This spring I wanted to design a project that would challenge my English students to both see and express their lived realities in new ways. I taught Walt Whitman once before, years ago, but remember the feeling that I had missed an opportunity for my classes to go deeper with his work. In the past […]Read Post ›
At the end of a year of online teaching, in the midst of exhaustion and disorientation, I feel grateful for all that my students offered me throughout the year. I felt the struggle of building a nurturing, collaborative community online. Whenever I hit a low point, students stepped up, helping me and the group find […]Read Post ›
It is always an honor to share my work with other teachers! Click below to view my presentation from PhilWP’s Celebration of Writing and Literacy. Many links to resources can be found in the presenter notes.
In my US History class this past year I was looking for a way to infuse energy and new ideas into the beginning of our second semester. Throughout the first half of the year students had been in the role of historians, examining issues through sources, producing work that developed interpretations and reflected on what […]Read Post ›
For a recent project on theories of storytelling, my students began a process of inquiry by writing a story that is repeatedly told in their family. This low stakes assignment provided an entry point for students from a range of academic levels. In a sense, everyone was an expert in this opening lesson. For this first […]Read Post ›
Mr J Block 