Protected: Professional Learning: Supporting Literacy in Online Learning via Culturally Responsive Teaching
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Soul Statue (I Will Not Lay Down My Burden)
I will not lay down my burden.I will not cry 'til we reach the setting sun.Two moons ago my baby breathed his last,And the cold has seeped into his bones.He…
Evermore (Irish folk ballad)
Goodnight, my friends; it's time to part.I wish that I could say,"We'll meet again on some bright shoreBefore the end of days."Alas, but we can never knowWhat fate may have…
Protected: Forty Days – W Fontanez
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Scaffolded Literature Lesson: In the Time of the Butterflies
I developed this lesson plan for Julia Alvarez's historical fiction novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, using Cucchiara's (2018) 3L’s Learning, Language, and Literacy framework, as a model lesson…
Bloom Where You’re Planted Classroom Bulletin Board
This board was the original, installed in B102 at George Washington High School in Danville, Virginia, in Fall 2008. I designed, drew, cut, and installed all elements. :)
Cooking up a storm: Ken Gammons is showing people there’s more to healthy eating than just the foods they choose
Originally published March 18, 1997, in The Reidsville Review, Reidsville, NC. For nearly 35 years, Ken Gammons' life has centered around cookware—not just your ordinary pots and pans, mind you,…
More than a century of memories: At 106 years old, Nannie Hairston has seen a lot throughout her life
Originally published November 27, 1996, in The Reidsville Review, Reidsville, NC. She used to love to dance."I'd go to dances and me and the boy would get out on the…
Endings, beginnings come to mind as autumn sets in
Originally published October 16, 1996, in The Reidsville Review, Reidsville, NC. There's just something about this time of year. One morning, usually sometime between late September and mid-October, I know…
Research-Informed Literacy Policy
I wrote the paper below on the following prompt:
"You have been asked to address a meeting of school administrators and community politicians on the subject of needed reforms of literacy curricula and instruction to meet Common Core mandates. Provide an overview of how your audience should view educational research as a source to inform such work. Address questions such as 'Does the research in literacy education have all the answers we need to revise our practices, and if not, why?'"
"You have been asked to address a meeting of school administrators and community politicians on the subject of needed reforms of literacy curricula and instruction to meet Common Core mandates. Provide an overview of how your audience should view educational research as a source to inform such work. Address questions such as 'Does the research in literacy education have all the answers we need to revise our practices, and if not, why?'"