Noella Jeong

Mom of 4, teacher to many, wife to a Korean. My life is never boring and I love that!

[Noella Jeong @freddymama4]

@ShelfieTalk A8: Thank you Georgia! You have deepened my thinking about different ways to incorporate heartfelt, authentic poetry in my classroom. Your beautiful text is so warm and inviting. #shelfietalk

[Noella Jeong @freddymama4]

@ShelfieTalk A7: My classes like classics such as Frost and Dickinson, but they have also enjoyed soon-to-be classics like Jason Reynolds and Kendrick Lamar. Recently we all LOVED "I Grew Up" by Lenore Keeshig-Tobias #shelfietalk

[Noella Jeong @freddymama4]

@ShelfieTalk A6: The variety within the 13 suggested prompts allows for connection to many different units, whether themed or form-based. Example: my students are working on a unit dealing with life lessons and “poems that teach” fit perfectly! #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A5: We take existing works, objects around us, or situations and turn them into poetry. By using what’s already there, students see poetry as a layer of life that can exist anywhere. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A4: Using the interpretive lens of emotion, students learn that no matter their background or life experiences, we are all connected by basic human emotions. The discussion in my room today about how we rank values was powerful! #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A3: In teaching poetry, especially to my grade 12 students, I find that the best way I can attend to their hearts is by opening my own, sometimes in a brutally honest way. They truly appreciate this. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A1: It was most inspiring to read the authentic sample work of students, much as it often is in my classroom. #shelfietalk

[Noella Jeong @freddymama4]

@ShelfieTalk Hi! I'm Noella Jeong from Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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Malcolm from range.... you already know what happens next 🎯

[Noella Jeong @freddymama4]

@Blackkatsbball Congratulations, Michael!

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@Blackkatsbball Great job, Ilija!

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Thank you Peter! You have deepened my thinking about mindfulness in conversation. We all know the saying, “they may forget what you taught them, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel;” your emphasis on the power of words connects directly with this idea. <3 #shelfietalk

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A7: I hadn't put much thought into read-alouds in connection with word choice, but I certainly will now! #shelfietalk

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A6: Cross-curricular planning, asking colleagues to build language lessons in their lessons. I once taught a social studies class where we had a unit on “speeches that changed the world.” We explored how the impact of the speeches would change if the wording changed. #shelfietalk

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@ShelfieTalk A5: I recently did a lesson on connotation where we chose phrases from our novels, and we played around with those sentences, changing only one word that gave the sentence a totally different feeling. Students were glad their author’s had chosen the words they did!

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@HMazerolle I do this when modeling writing, as well. I always show the students a good, better, best version of what I want to see and point out mistakes and strengths! They appreciate it.

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#shelfietalk A3: I allow myself to speak naturally in front of my students, and I openly make mistakes and corrections on the spot, as well. It’s within those corrections that I model for students how to use language more carefully and to be more deliberate when choosing words.

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@ShelfieTalk A4: It’s so important to respond to each student when they share in class. It’s easy to give accolades to the response that we hoped we’d hear, but it may be more important to give enthusiastic feedback to the lesser heard voices, so they know their voices matter!

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@ShelfieTalk A2: I used to think very little about the specifics of my word choice outside of content, but now that I have read Choice Words, I think more mindfully about how I approach every interaction with my students.

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@ShelfieTalk A1: I was inspired from the beginning of the book at the reminder of the influence my words can have, especially when I read the line “Talk is the central tool of our trade. It changes who people think they are and what they think they are doing.”