Category Archives: 6-8

What Is an English Teacher’s Role During SSR?

Posted on January 11, 2015 by

This post is the second in a series designed to connect teachers’ remembered childhood and/or YA independent reading experiences and their current teaching practices to Jeff Wilhelm, Mike Smith, and Sharon Fransen’s new book, Reading Unbound: Why Kids Need to … Continue reading →

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A Case for Graphic Novels in the ELA Classroom

Posted on November 13, 2014 by

Louis (Bud) Kanyo, is a CRWP 2009 Summer Institute Teacher Consultant who is currently a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University. Bud is also an Assistant Professor of English & Humanities at Mid Michigan Community College.  His dissertation research interests focus … Continue reading →

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Guiding Student Writers as They Work with Digital Tools

Posted on October 24, 2014 by hicks1tw

If asking students to develop their voice, stamina, and range of techniques as writers isn’t hard enough, we now have a variety of devices, websites, and apps that students want to use in order to enhance their writing. From Google … Continue reading →

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Camp WoW ME (World of Writing, Multimedia Enhanced)

Posted on August 21, 2014 by

July 17, 2014 As we begin our fourth day of summer writing camp, there is already a sense of foreboding in the room – a little tension building with the anticipation of tomorrow’s impending goodbyes. Things are quiet as everyone … Continue reading →

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Flipping English Classrooms: Grammar Instruction

Posted on July 21, 2014 by

Flipping has not come easily for me. I had to make sure it was going to fit my teaching situation. As a language arts teacher, I had to figure out just how I was going to flip the instruction within … Continue reading →

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