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Developing Transferable Skills in English Class: A Comprehensive Guide
Today we want to talk about a crucial topic that concerns us all, the development of transferable skills in the classroom. In today’s world, students need to be equipped with the necessary skills to navigate and shape their future successfully. That’s why it is essential to prepare students with transferable skills and a desire for…
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Embracing the Tagline: Endlessly Curious – Unleashing the Potential of a Lifelong Learner
Imagine a world where humans had taglines that encapsulated their unique qualities. If I were to choose a tagline for myself, it would undoubtedly be “endlessly curious.”
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The Case for Collaborative Grading: Empowering Students and Reducing Stress
Introduction In the pursuit of creating a more inclusive and student-centered learning environment, I adopted a collaborative grading practice in my English classes this year. The approach involved engaging in discussions with students to determine their midterm and final grades, essentially, I ditched the traditional “teacher knows best” approach and adopted a collaborative grading practice…
- Developing Transferable Skills in English Class: A Comprehensive Guide
Today we want to talk about a crucial topic that concerns us all, the development of transferable skills in the classroom. In today’s world, students need to be equipped with the necessary skills to … Read more - Embracing the Tagline: Endlessly Curious – Unleashing the Potential of a Lifelong Learner
Imagine a world where humans had taglines that encapsulated their unique qualities. If I were to choose a tagline for myself, it would undoubtedly be “endlessly curious.” - The Case for Collaborative Grading: Empowering Students and Reducing Stress
Introduction In the pursuit of creating a more inclusive and student-centered learning environment, I adopted a collaborative grading practice in my English classes this year. The approach involved engaging in discussions with students to … Read more - Building a Digital Escape Room
What is an Escape Room? Escape rooms are a whole new way of experiencing storytelling and of adding gamification to your classroom. Typically, they are a room in which people are locked in order … Read more - Creating Dynamic Content
Creating dynamic, interactive content is about more than looks or fun – it’s about good pedagogy. Using dynamic and interactive content promotes social-emotional learning, increases engagement, decreases cognitive load, and learning science supports these … Read more - Increasing Student Voice, Creativity, and Technological skills with Multimodal Writing
I recently attended an engaging and impactful multimodal writing workshop led by Angela Stockman. While I’ve included multimodal writing in my high school English classes for a while now, the workshop reinforced its importance. … Read more - A Multi-pronged Approach to SEL
Starting a new school year always prompts me to reflect on previous years. What can I do better? What do I need to implement? What do I want to continue? What’s different this year … Read more - Teaching The Skin We’re In
As part of my Grade 12 University level English course this year, I decided to create a unit on the book by Desmond Cole – The Skin We’re In. Over the last few years, … Read more
