Congratulations to all the fabulous writers who submitted work to our student journal, Voices Visible! We would also like to thank all the dedicated teachers who nurtured the talents of these remarkable young people.
The Power of Formative Assessment
Submitted by Kelley Inden, BCTELA Executive Member Blogs at Messy Professional As you may have read in our previous post, we are running a book club this summer and fall as a lead-in to our provincial conference. We are excited to have Cris Tovani as our keynote speaker, and decided to use her latest book […]
Instructional ideas for working with social justice poetry text sets by Starleigh Grass
My favorite poems tend to be poems which have a social justice theme. Social justice poems engage me because by highlighting specific injustices they act as catalysts which help me imagine a more just and equitable world. The only thing better than a poem with a social justice theme is a text set of poems […]
Make Voices Visible
Every year, the BC Teachers of English Language Arts creates a publication of student writing called Voices Visible. The contest is free, and students should submit their work by April 30, 2013. Download the contest guidelines and cover letter here. Make your students’ voices visible!
Plagiarism & Paraphrasing: “Read, Flip, and Write!”
Guest Post by Ben Pare, Program Consultant: Literacy, Burnaby School District Does this sound familiar? You’re up late reading student essays when suddenly you come across a student who has obviously plagiarized. Feelings of disappointment may be followed by ones of frustration or anger. This seems to be a common experience. As a secondary English […]