Reflecting Out Loud: Exposing Students to Revisions in Teaching
This blog post was originally published on the WSU Teaching Blog on October 20, 2011. This afternoon, after four days of rethinking a small group exercise we began last week, … Continue reading
Ruminating With Our Mouths Open, A Good Habit?: Modeling the Reading/Thinking/Writing Process Over Time
This blog post was originally published on the WSU Teaching Blog on November 22, 2011. Bear with me as I try not to mix any metaphors. Most of the time, … Continue reading
Theme for 1020: Students’ Prior Knowledge as a Starting Point
This blog was originally published on the WSU Teaching Blog on February 11, 2012. Langston Hughes’ “Theme for English B” keeps reappearing in my teaching life. When I taught high … Continue reading
Grade Contracts: One Year In
This blog was originally posted on the WSU Teaching Blog on December 4, 2013. In November 2012, Nicole Varty and I attended an NCTE session on grade contracts. The “progressive” … Continue reading
Continuing the Conversation on Revision and Peer Review: Self-Assessment Throughout the Process
This blog was originally posted on the WSU Teaching Blog on March 21, 2012: Nicole Varty and I recently had the opportunity to present ideas about teaching revision and facilitating … Continue reading