The Story of a Teacher Author’s Identity Crisis Part II + Why I’m Changing the Name of My Podcast

by Amanda | Feb 3, 2023 | Equity, Neurodiversity, New Style Blog Post, New Style Podcast, Social Justice

In January of 2022 I wrote a blog post about my identity crisis as an educator and teacher-author.  I wrote about how I needed to go back to all the lessons and units I’ve ever written and look at them from an equity lens. I went on a quest to read all the social...

28 Essential Strategies to Support Struggling Writers in the Secondary Classroom

by Amanda | Oct 19, 2022 | Equity, Make Writing Fun, Podcast, Social Justice, Support for Struggling Writers, Writing Independence

Share Tweet Pin It   Every classroom has struggling writers. There are many reasons young writers struggle during our writing units. They may feel overwhelmed, be uninterested, have writing skill deficits because of past experiences with writing,...

Rethinking Writing Assessment with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Sep 8, 2022 | Assessment, Equity, Podcast, Social Justice

Share Tweet Pin It In this six-part series, I outline exactly how I’m rethinking my workshop classroom with an equity lens. You can find the other parts of this series here: Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking...

Rethinking Unit Design with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Aug 23, 2022 | Assessment, Equity, Podcast, Reading Units, Social Justice, Unit Planning, Writing Units

Share Tweet Pin It In this six-part series, I outline exactly how I’m rethinking my workshop classroom with an equity lens. You can find the other parts of this series here: Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking...

Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Aug 12, 2022 | Conferencing, Equity, Podcast, Social Justice

In this six part series I will outline exactly how I’m rethinking conferencing with an equity lens. Check out part 1 about rethinking writing workshop here. Check out part 2 about rethinking reading workshop here. Before getting started, we need to define workshop,...

Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Apr 9, 2022 | Equity, Podcast, Reading, Social Justice

Share Tweet Pin It Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 3: Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind Part 4: Rethinking Unit Design with Equity in Mind Part 5: Rethinking...

Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind

by Amanda | Feb 20, 2022 | Equity, Podcast, Social Justice

Share Tweet Pin It Amanda Write Now · 56. Rethinking Writing Workshop With Equity In Mind Part 1: Rethinking Writing Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 2: Rethinking Reading Workshop with Equity in Mind Part 3: Rethinking Conferencing with Equity in Mind...

The Story of a Teacher Author’s Identity Crisis

by Amanda | Jan 8, 2022 | Podcast, Secondary Teachers, Social Justice, Support for Struggling Writers

I’ve learned and changed tremendously since the events of 2020-2021, you might even call what’s happened an identity crisis…I want to share this story here to make sense of everything for myself but also because I know there are many teachers out there...

Mentor Texts for Writing and Discussions About Race

by Amanda | Nov 4, 2020 | Equity, Mentor Texts, Podcast, Social Justice

Share Tweet Pin It Our classrooms are microcosms of the society we live in. The sad reality (that many have a hard time admitting) is race matters in our society and it matters in our classrooms. The majority of teachers in America are white and female....