Category Archives: Reflections

Inquiry, Immersion, and Interdisciplinarity on Beaver Island

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

This past summer, sixteen educators from Michigan districts as diverse as Utica, in Macomb County, and St. Louis, a rural district in Gratiot County, participated in a week-long, intensive workshop at Central Michigan University’s Biological Station on Beaver Island, taking … Continue reading →

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He Said, “Yes”: President Davies Visits Pre-Service English Teachers to Discuss Writing OR A President Who Is a Writer, Part 2

Posted on March 6, 2019 by

On  November 30, 2018, President Davies accepted an invitation to the final exam session of ENG 319: Composition Methods at Central Michigan University. The purpose of the visit was to talk about the urgent message he had sent to the … Continue reading →

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He Said, “Yes”: President Davies Visits Pre-Service English Teachers to Discuss Writing OR A President Who Is a Writer

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Elizabeth Brockman

On Thursday, November 29, I found myself in ENG 319:  Composition Methods at CMU, reviewing a set of responses my students had just written as feedback for what I’ll call momentarily and generically a text–a common occurrence that semester, thanks … Continue reading →

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To Grade Rough Drafts or Not to Grade Them: One Teacher’s Journey

Posted on November 12, 2018 by

To grade rough drafts or not to grade them: that is the question I’ve wrestled with recently in my English teaching. Writing takes so much time to assess, especially when teaching the writing process and requesting that students revise multiple … Continue reading →

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2018 NWP Midwest Conference: Writing to Learn.  Learning to Write.

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

Having never been to Madison, Wisconsin I did not anticipate such a beautiful city nestled upon an isthmus between the lakes Mendota and Monona.  In this place, all roads lead to the capitol building where colorful food trucks and various … Continue reading →

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