mpsaunde

UNC '18 | NCSU '22 | Graduate student and future ELA teacher | Avid reader, writer, and beachcomber |

[ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT]

One more time, how to write: Stop not writing. Sit down by pre-arrangement w/yourself. No one cares if you write or not so you’d better. Keep your butt in the chair. Write a small passage, badly. Make it better, ie take out adverbs & boring parts. then write another passage badly

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

A Haiku on How I Study a Text:

Read the text--write
A blue pen synthesizes
Their words in mine

#eci541

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Jesus was not a white, American man.

The U.S. flag is not a symbol for the Church or for Jesus.

The National Anthem is not a holy hymn.

Slavery was not a “necessary evil” to build empire and to “bring” Africans to Jesus.

Note: Africa has long-known and welcomed Christ Jesus.

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

Excited for #eci541! Good luck to all!

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

Self-love is revolutionary. We cannot fight for others when we're fighting a war inside ourselves. Compassion is a power that we first bestow on ourselves & then give away through our actions—to people, to our planet. When we recognize this, that is when love becomes our legacy.

[Writing Today @Writing_Today]

A great opportunity from @POETSorg for students to engage with poets! ~ @mpsaunde https://t.co/m5S7pYT1yo

[Writing Today @Writing_Today]

"We haven't risen yet to the level of ourselves
Knowledge grows slowly like a wisdom tooth..."
RIP Adam Zagajewski (1945-2021) ~ @mpsaunde https://t.co/xtuZIxf6Zb

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

That we have somehow managed in the middle of a global pandemic and a worldwide outcry for justice in America to consume ourselves with theological armchair debates over critical race theory and the like is a testimony of how far we have shifted from Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

@Writing_Today @poetswritersinc I love that she doesn't “stop or proofread or think about it or change anything until the whole mass of clay has been thrown down.” @Writing_Today Definitely speaks to writing as a process!

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

Have you ever heard of or used Evernote?

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

Have you ever used social bookmarking?

[Writing Today @Writing_Today]

Standardized tests are back according to an article by USA Today. A question emerges: How has the pandemic impacted students' learning and will testing provide necessary data? @mpsaunde #TComp
https://t.co/3KiPMv8se1

[Writing Today @Writing_Today]

#BlackHistoryMonth2021 is coming to a close. How can we continue to educate students on #BlackHistory? Dawnavyn James discusses the "five simple ingredients" for implementing a Black History Club in schools in this EducationWeek article: https://t.co/Wo1aDmuLPi -@mpsaunde #TComp

[Writing Today @Writing_Today]

NOW is the time to be amplifying voices missing from your curriculum. We, as educators, have the rare ability to empower our students to use their voices— through reading, writing, OR speaking. @ShermanReads

https://t.co/QQNRUWmukP

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

@carl_young A3: I loved Harwayne's terminology that addressed how it is necessary to "celebrate and extend." Celebrate a student's successes and strong areas, and extend suggestions and curiosity to areas that may be less clear. #TComp

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

@carl_young A2: Harwayne's suggestions help writing students begin to see themselves as capable writers. Later in life, her suggestions could help them in workplace meetings when feedback and active listening are critical. #TComp

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

@carl_young A1: Harwayne adds that students should view themselves as writing teachers so that they respect one another's writing, provide meaningful feedback, and share their work. #TComp

[mpsaunde @mpsaunde]

My #OneWord2021 is patience; patience with myself, others, and the state of the world. I practice patience with myself, others, and the world when I acknowledge that healing isn’t linear. #TComp