Ms. Boatman Teaches

she/her / Senior English Education Major / Middle Level Education / Illinois State University

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@LowtherTeaches Great question! I definitely think deemphasizing the final grade product is a way we can encourage students to continue writing for themselves. Teach students the importance of writing as a process and not as a measurable thing that determines them passing/failing #ndowteachchat

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask Writing is not always analytical + informative. It’s not always the 5-paragraph essay type format. It includes voice and personality and trauma and ugliness and beauty. It is life. Authenticity is crucial in transforming your writing into art and a real world product #NDOWUNMASK

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask Students know when we are fake. They know when we are not genuine. When we show them our worries, our mistakes, our flaws, our celebrations, we are uncovering a real person, not just a disciplinary figure, that they can look up to and relate with #ndowunmask

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

A quick reminder, all, to please include the tags #NDOWUnmask #WhyIWrite as you join us! We are loving these conversations!

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask #NDOWUNMASK #WhyIWrite #NCTE

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask Students may not write authentically for writing assignments that have little meaning to their lives. Inviting the digital world that they use everyday and write as their real selves into the classroom is a way in for students to begin to unmask their writing in ELA

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

#NDOWUNMASK The purpose of a masquerade is to pretend to be something you’re not. How have you seen this “masquerade” play out in writing and teaching writing to our students? #WhyIWrite #ncte

[Willeena Booker @WilleenaB]

To start the day my Firsties wrote their greetings to share with the class during Morning Meeting! #WhyIWrite

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask To unmask is to reveal your true self, or a least a version you can share with others. I try to unmask parts of my life and things/events/issues that may be outside my comfort zone in my writing to attempt to relate to my intended audience and show vulnerability #NDOWUNMASK

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

Let’s talk #metaphors.

What might it mean to “unmask,” and how could this theme of unmasking be connected to our writerly identities? ✍🏻✍️✍🏽✍🏿

#NDOWUnmask

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

#NDOWUNMASK Hello everyone! Here are the second round of questions to enter a conversation on unmasking the masquerade of writing.

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

#NDOWUNMASK What does the term MASQUERADE mean to you? What do you think of as you look at our flier for the National Day on Writing?

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask When I think of a masquerade, I think of a sea full of masks and beautiful costumes that hide or give a different perception of your true self. Like Halloween, we take on a different persona to portray ourselves as someone we’re not #NDOWUNMASK

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask To encourage students to write, I would use writing prompts to encourage students to write independent about something that matters to them

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask #NDOWUNMASK I too and a preservice ENG teacher education major at Illinois State University in ENG 297 The Teaching of Writing

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask I remember entering a writing competition in like 7th grade and I didn’t win but I felt accomplished as a writer and not just as a student in English

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@NDOWUnmask #NDOWUNMASK

[Ms. Boatman Teaches @BoatmanTeaches]

@allredjohnny @NDOWUnmask Thank you for participating! We are happy to have you here via twitter :)

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, we are facing a paradigm shifting moment in education.

[ISU ENG 297, Fall 2020 @NDOWUnmask]

#NDOWUNMASK
The National Day on Writing® is Today! Please introduce yourself and share how you plan to celebrate the National Day on Writing® with your students. #NCTEchat #WhyIWrite