A Ram and Bronco grad, Falcon and Spartan mom, ArtPrize volunteer, this Tiger fan values education, sports, friends, and art. On My 50 Word Saga. on My 50 Word Saga.

Teacher, writer, husband, father. This Year, Students Introduce the Teacher.

What is good writing? Makes you go ughm at the end. Evokes a lasting emotional response. Emulates a bit of yourself. Is written by the ones we love. Shuffling memories like the cards you dealt so well. A combination of a rainy day and stale cigarette smoke. Red and silver Winston box.

Thinking is a deeper dimension for me. When I talk to the tutors I work with, I will keep that at the forefront of my mind. It is tempting to think writing is the.

I feel like I have finally been given the tools to teach. For a long time I have wanted to be a teacher, but this is the first time I have gotten pragmatic advice on how to put that desire into practice. And I still ascribe to that philosophy. Thank goodness for LMWP, because now I can put that philosophy to work. I have learned so much from e.

When I was first introduced to the project, there was a mess in my head. It sounded like something I wanted to do, but what was it exactly that I would do. My colleagues tried to assure me that it was writing and reading of my choice, both academic and personal.

A key to my own success is a reasonable cap on the number of students in my classroom. I strongly believe that a writing class of more than twenty is ineffective it is too easy for individual students to become lost in the room, and it is too difficult for .

Lake Michigan Writing Project Blog page. Was a bit of a disappointment. It was nice to read a Gallagher book and become familiar with who people are talking about. Contains more teaching strategies and less of the complaining about current teaching practices. Trip to Colorado, a digital story.

The writing should flow easily. So incredibly thankful for the past four weeks. Why will it rot my teeth out? Why do I have to go to bed? Why is it bedtime? Because I said so. But why is it Sunday? .