Friday, June 11, 2021

"Flem got that drip on!" A reflection on my rockin' academic regalia at their graduation

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I'm struggling to find the words to capture the meaning of what I experienced today. The words may come as I briefly describe what trans...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Setting the mood in the classroom

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I've always believed that a classroom's ambience can make or break moods for the year, week, day, or class period. I believe in wind...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Negro Wall Street: Teaching what I hadn't learned

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Today marks the beginning of the centennial *somberversary of the white terrorist attacks and mass slaughter of Black Americans in the Green...
Friday, May 7, 2021

"Behind the Eyes of Our Youth" | A reflection on podcasting with high school students

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We did a thing. I briefly wrote about that thing back in December, 2020. Who did a thing? The class. Comm101. That thing ? Student podcasti...
Friday, March 12, 2021

Waiting for tomorrow | March 12, 2020, Our last day in school...

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Thursday, March 12, 2020 We were on an "A" Day schedule, which means I had English classes all day. Lately we had been reading Rol...
Thursday, February 25, 2021

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⚠️This post contains language that some may find offensive and that others just can't use at all.⚠️ The screenshot below is from an epis...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Advocating for Social Justice through Script-Writing

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Here's the link to my piece in English Journal , a publication of the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE).