by Sarah Brown Wessling | Apr 14, 2020 | For Your Classroom
Creating Poetry Comics Are you looking for a way to help students visualize the poetry they’re reading? This is an assignment I love to use that helps students visualize what they’re reading as part of their analysis process. In addition to what I’ve...
by Sarah Brown Wessling | Apr 13, 2020 | For Your Classroom
Alternatives to Using the Word “Great” Ubiquitous at best. Overused and cliché at worst. Nevertheless, I was in love. But it was the kind of love affair that reminds me of a July 4th sparkler: you get a quick reaction, but then it forgettably burns out too...
by Sarah Brown Wessling | Apr 3, 2018 | Be Bold, For Your Classroom
the STRUGGLE: It took me awhile to make sense of “reading days.” I know it sounds ridiculous, but I struggled to find the sweet spot between “teacher work day” (which I knew it wasn’t) and “stations” or “mini-lessons” (which I also knew it wasn’t). Ultimately, I...
by Sarah Brown Wessling | Mar 17, 2018 | Be Bold, For Your Classroom
the STRUGGLE: I’m constantly working towards creating more purposeful and authentic discussions in class. I’ve written about the way grading discussions don’t work for me and have offered other ways I’ve tackled this same question. I’ve wondered what a simplified...
by Sarah Brown Wessling | Mar 17, 2018 | Be Bold, For Your Classroom
the STRUGGLE: I often have trouble determining how engaged students are in discussion. There was a point (long ago) when I tried to use some kind of graded discussion as evidence of participation and engagement. Largely, all I ended up with was something that felt...
by Sarah Brown Wessling | Mar 15, 2018 | Be Mindful, For Your Classroom
This lesson is part of my “From the Archives” series: 20 lessons in 20 weeks from 20 years of teaching. Enjoy! Context & History I originally taught this lesson in my first year of teaching to 10th grade students. As part of a longer investigation into a “Teaching...
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