Posted by Celia Brogan We’re all so busy. We are passionate educators and want the best learning experiences for our students and there are always so many things we want to plan for them, and learn for ourselves. Finding new local texts to offer our students is something that can take a bit of time […]
Journey to Cowichan’s Past
posted by Celia Brogan Students at times have trouble identifying with historical events, especially when those events occurred to a cultural group other than the one(s) with which they are familiar. One way to assist students to identify and begin to understand the emotional and social costs of past injustices is historical fiction. There is […]
Homegrown, and still growing
Posted by Celia Brogan What writing is more homegrown BC writing than that of our students? The BCTELA Student Writing Contest is more than a great way for students to give their writing a broader audience, the published pieces, Voices Visible, is also a useful resource to show our students what their peers are writing. BCTELA […]
Poetry Month: day 20
Well, this April has been pretty good, poetry-wise. I will finish this series by telling you about a poetry month initiative I run in my school. The idea was shared with me by a colleague and I’ve modified it a bit. I wouldn’t be surprised if other schools do it too. It’s called Poem in […]
Poetry Month: day 19
Well, April is almost over. There has been lots of poetry at my school this month, I hope there has been at yours too. Yesterday I sat down to have an informal book club meeting with a colleague (we’ve been trying to read a professional text on teaching creative writing and it’s been a sporadic […]