If you look at my original close reading post, you’ll see I was basically using the phrase “close reading” to refer to annotation. It took me a year or more to realize that I was saying one buzzwordy thing to mean a lot of explicit, less confusing things that readers do when grappling with a […]
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Scaffolds for Dominating the Article of the Week
In my last post, I laid out the long, steamy romance that is my history with Kelly Gallagher’s article of the week assignment (disclaimer if you haven’t read it: it’s pretty much not romantic at all, or steamy — it’s just long). In this post, I want to share some resources that come out of last […]
There and Back Again: My Journey with Gallagher’s Article of the Week Assignment
Before the Common Core were a twinkle in David Coleman’s eye, Kelly introduced an assignment into his classroom called article of the week. In the assignment, students read complex informational texts and responded to them in writing. That writing was nearly always a blend of the explanatory and argumentative modes, and it often culminated with a discussion of the issues […]
For Noncognitive Skill Development, Start with Growth Mindset — Here’s How
In my last post, I wrote that we literacy educators are wise to treat noncognitive skill development seriously and systematically; the research supporting them is too overwhelming to do less than choose the noncogs we want to aim for in our classrooms and then concertedly pursue their growth in ourselves and our students. In this post, I’d like to […]
Pay-What-You-Want Resources that Support My Work at Teaching the Core
If you’re new here, you may not know that there’s a single dude behind this blog: Dave Stuart Jr. (That’s me on the right.) Here’s the thing: I got into teaching because I want to promote the long-term flourishing of students. As a full-time teacher (during the 2014-2015 school year, I’ll be teaching a full load freshman […]