Deani Thomas

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

@NaseemRdz Okay, heard 😂

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

It is a racist enterprise to try wiggling our way to racial equity by ignoring racism & embracing strategies to “fix” students targeted by racism. Still, at the institutional level, "eliminate racism" remains an unpopular remedy while "fix students of color" grows in popularity.

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

@L_A_Malone And that is exactly the experience my children frequently have, and then, feeling bad about "food" waste, I eat it. Mistake definitely made😜

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

I'll just leave this here. #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

P-T conference for my 7 y.o. tonight. She was prompted to write about what she likes about fall. She wrote this. I'm simultaneously mortified and proud. #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

I'm so distracted tonight. My 15 y.o. son asked me to buy "Turtles All the Way Down" for him, and it's taunting me from the dining room table. He wants us to read it together.. I'm dying of curiosity! #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

There are just so many ways to combine three words: I love you. Leave me alone. I am happy. Thank you, Park...#isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

For some reason, I thought of the song Broken by Lifehouse when I was reading Eleanor and Park--especially when Eleanor started crying on the phone. https://t.co/kilyvZ6ZJF #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A6: I'm not sure that this really answers the question, but I wonder about working with students to analyze school policies, procedures and language in "official" communications about dress codes, dances/parties, PDA, PE, etc #isuenged #comicschat

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A5: I'm struggling to answer this question because I need help processing the nuances of queer theory, heteronormativity, and the ways we teach about sexuality in schools #isuenged #comicschat

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A4: I guess the most obvious relation to queer theory was that the book was an autobiography that centered largely around Alison's coming out and the juxtaposition to the way her father lived #isuenged #comicschat

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A7: Modeling the whole, messy, sometimes ugly process of writing is extremely valuable to developing a sense that quality writing doesn't just magically happen, it's a process #engsschat #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

Q6: It's fun to have students write letters to themselves at the beginning of the year that they open at the end of the year. #engsschat #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

Q5: I find it useful to build toward deeper reflection over time. We'll start out with quick writes on sticky notes or with sentence frames as we're reading. Then we move toward more sustained reflective journals as students build stamina #engsschat #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A4: I tend to be somewhat limited in collaboration as a multi-grade literacy specialist, but I try to incorporate assignments and themes from gen ed classes whenever possible #engsschat #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A3: We tend to focus on narrative and persuasive writing through letters to the editor, blog posts, and brief sequels for books we've read #engsschat #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A2: I like to have students use writing to "talk back" to authors through letters, reflective essays, critiques/reviews, or spin off texts #engsschat #isuenged

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

A1: We focus a lot on writren language as an important way to communicate across boundaries of time and space. #engsschat #isuenged

[Steph Sukow @Steph_Sukow]

Q1: Why do you ask students to write in your classroom? What skills are you hoping students apply when writing? #engsschat

[Deani Thomas @ThomasDeani]

Deani here. I'm a graduate student at Iowa State, and I teach middle school (literacy interventions). #engsschat #isuenged

[Steph Sukow @Steph_Sukow]

Welcome to #engsschat! Thanks for joining us tonight. In honor of National Novel Writing Month (November), we're talking "Writing to Learn" in the classroom. Please take a moment to introduce your self, what you teach, etc. #engchat #sschat #edchat #elachat