Month: September 2018
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Writing Essays Should Be Fun
The iconic writing resource They Say/I Say, begins with a quote by literary theorist and poet Kenneth Burke where he likens academic discussion to a dinner party… You come late. When you arrive, others have long preceded you, and they are engaged in a heated discussion, a discussion too heated for them to pause and…
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Why Students Brag About Not Doing Work (And What We Can Do About It)
We’ve all probably heard it. “I didn’t even study for this, and I still got a B…” “I wrote this entire thing an hour before class. I don’t even know what is in it…” “I haven’t’ read a book all year. I just look at SparkNotes, and I still pass everything…” The sounds of secondary…
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The Game-Changing Teaching Tool That Is the Micro Conference
Nearly every teacher I know likes the idea of conferencing with students. When we talk one-on-one with students we can clarify messages, correct misconceptions, build relationships, cultivate key beliefs, and give the students a platform to be heard. Where the issues with conferencing often come in are in the logistics, which can be next to impossible…
Matthew M. Johnson 