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James Rogers commented on the post, Due April 20 (approx), on the site Multimodal Writing

Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:44:17 -0400

In the words of my mentor during student teaching: care for these kids first, then start teaching. This remote learning experience has reaffirmed that. Every phone call I make home it is just to check on the […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Community, Connection, and Communication: Due April 6 (approx), on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:52:27 -0400

Unfortunately, the everyday banter and interaction is what I miss the most in school…I have found in my career that giving students a moment to talk about something totally unrelated to the classroom activity w […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Teaching (action) research: Due March 30 (approx.), on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:41:12 -0400

One of my most successful moments as a a teacher last year was when our focus for two weeks before holiday break we focused on creating editorials dealing with gender inequality. Students had access to computers, […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Teaching in Turbulent Times: Due March 23 (approx), on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:36:51 -0400

At the end of last school year, I said I was going to launch myself into google classroom next year and make it a part of my everyday use….Then I signed up for some grad courses and that plan quickly turned into a […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Literary Analysis I: Due when you're able, on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:02:18 -0400

Every time I have experimented with visual aids to introduce a reading skill—it starts really successfully and falls flat. For example, my favorite book to teach, Night—has been accompanied with a lesson from the […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Argumentative Writing II: Due March 9, on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:31:37 -0400

Using Student voices as mentor texts is an approach I have been experimenting with this year. So much research suggests that in order for students to engage with texts requires culturally accessible texts (Hooper […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Narrative Writing II: Due February 24, on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:29:48 -0500

Just read an interesting article on Teaching Memoir….Check it out!

James Rogers commented on the post, Argumentative Writing I: Due March 2, on the site Multimodal Writing

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 21:56:38 -0500

Since topics in social justice with our students of color can lead to uncomfortable positions in the classroom that we hope don’t derail or offend anybody. I often find myself asking the question “is this too far […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Narrative Writing II: Due February 24, on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 20:33:22 -0500

Handsfield and Valente (2016) gave me great insight into creating narrative writing assignments during Night. As Valente describes and writes “this unit had to be about more than writing; it had to be about b […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Narrative Writing I: Due February 10, on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 02:08:12 -0500

Narrative writing I find the next frontier I want to conquer in my classroom. The best way I would describe the narrative writing techniques I implore to be artificial thus far. “Create a diary journal entry f […]

James Rogers commented on the post, Upending Colonial Harm in ELA, on the site Multimodal Writing

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:02:25 -0500

De Los Rios et. al (2019) writes that “Ethnic studies approaches to ELA are not simply about the inclusion of literature by writers of color or the celebration that people of color also have/had ‘heroes’ and ‘grea […]

James Rogers became a registered member

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:43:22 -0500