Metawriting

Developing as a writer is a journey not a process, but that journey is not a straight line wit

One of the greatest gifts is reading in students’ reflections that they believe they are writers because I believed in them first.

Landing softly is about preparing for that landing before the semester begins and working toward that soft landing all semester

creating a joyfully authentic community is my best tool

Where are you on your own ungrading journey?

When did your students last WOW you with their writing? My students delight me on the regular because we engage in authentic writing.

Teaching writing using games not only rocks but it is authentic teaching. What do you think?

What can you do in #6words?

What’s New? This semester I have been updating the list of poems I use to inspire and invite m

In Fall 2023 all of this will continue to be true but yesterday I kicked off the semester b

Where have you been and where are you going as a human, writer, and teacher?

I have been using poetry in my comp classes for several semesters now and while my roster of poem

A logbook (or log book) is a record used to record states, events, or conditions applicable to complex machines or the personne

This semester I implemented two changed to our weekly reflection practice as part of my efforts to deal with my The Last Mile Problem and continue to improve my Ungrading Journey.

The ritual repetition of both writing and stating “I am a writer” many times over the course of the semester has power.

playing RPGs as a class teaches so many essential skills and hacks community-building, I heartily recommend this practice to all writing teachers, to all teachers in fact

the right metaphor for writing is journey and not process

Pedagogically, using open source texts has been the right choice for my students and I, but I am also happy that my students don’t need to wait for a paycheck or grant in order to buy class materials.

What can I do to get that work from their notebooks into my hands so I can pass them out of this required class?

I never forget that I am teaching humans

What’s Really New: Building community continues to be the best piece of advice that I can give to an

one of the most powerful teaching tools in my kit: the bell ringer

When you add zest to a dish you do not need much to enhance the flavor, a little bit of zest can go a long way and that feels like a perfect guide for 2024.

This blog post is inspired by Anna Gratz Cockerille of Two Writing Teachers and their “One Little Word” challenge