I’m a big fan of the way Lucy Caulkins teaches writing, asking students to focus on elaborating on smaller moments rather than the traditional beginning, middle, and end stories. For example, instead of: I went …
Category: Open Court Reading
Teachers As Cover Bands
Alan Levine posts his metaphor of teachers as rock and roll cover bands. He points to Johnny Cash’s wonderful cover songs later in his career. Though he follows the original songs faithfully, his own soul …