Jared Santurri

Middle School Teacher. Connected Educator. Tech Enthusiast. Reader. Writer. Learner.

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

When we expect students to understand EVERYTHING in a book, we may be getting in the way of their enjoying ANYTHING.

[Peter Greene @palan57]

You want to talk about learning loss? Then talk about all the learning lost to high stakes testing. 1/

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

In order to improve their writing, students need to write.

A lot.

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

I want students to experience poetry as a practice, rather than an exercise in reading comprehension.

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Looking to build students’ vocabulary?

Help them to read more.

(Yep. It’s that straightforward. No need for special programs or worksheets.)

[Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD]

O NCTE, NCTE, Wherefore Art Thou NCTE? https://t.co/g6LGqmBLbg

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Rigorous course work shouldn’t require students to suffer.

[Stephen Krashen @skrashen]

"Students will become good readers when they read more.Students will read more when they enjoy reading. They will enjoy reading when they enjoy their reading material.They will enjoy their reading material when they are left to choose it themselves..." Alfie Kohn

[The Late Show @colbertlateshow]

“Young people can really show us what empathy looks like.” - author @JasonReynolds83

[Brett Vogelsinger @theVogelman]

Do English teachers invite students to write poetry because we expect they will all become published poets? No. But if they never try it, none will. And what if we knew all nurses, accountants, mechanics etc. had the experience of crafting poems throughout their education? 🤔

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

The art of teaching often hangs upon asking the next question.

(The one that’s not in the teacher’s guide.)

[ThingsMrGSays @mrbgilson]

This I believe https://t.co/9ZJR817EVM

[Kelly Gallagher @KellyGToGo]

I would treat "test writing" as a separate genre, and I would only teach it right before the test. The rest of the year is "real world" writing. If kids write well, they will do fine on the tests. They will not write well if they only do test prep writing.

[Carol Jago @CarolJago]

Sometimes the simplest lesson plans are best:

1. read
2. discuss
3. write

[Kelly Gallagher @KellyGToGo]

Coming soon: our new book! We are proud of this work and excited to share it with you. Pre-ordering with a 40% discount will start Sept. 27. Publishing on Nov. 2. @pennykittle @HeinemannPub

[Susan Barber @susangbarber]

I'm not really a call out person but for all of the English teachers who are only correcting spelling, commas, and MLA format errors and think they are teaching writing, you are mistaken. 1/1

[ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT]

Free writing advice: Stop not writing. Just do it—do it afraid; filled w/self doubt. Put a 1” picture frame nearby and just write what’s in it—1 passage, an idea, a memory, a possible opening. And do it really badly. Write an incredibly shitty 1st draft of this one thing. You in?