I made a #TeachLivingPoets#MarchMadness poetry bracket with all living poets. All high-interest poems for high/middle school - all with videos - all linked for you & ready to use in class tomorrow! Please RT & share!🙏
https://t.co/kb0mGPm7T1
“All labor has dignity … it is a crime for people to live in this rich nation and receive starvation wages.”
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday
English teachers: I’ve seen a number of requests for stories that could be read & discussed within a *single* class period. So, let’s do a fast 🧵. I’ll share a linked story with a possible discussion Q, imagining the following thumbnail lesson plan for secondary English…
It would be a classy move by @Disney and @espn to donate all proceeds from the additional commercials they’re running to fill time right now to Damar Hamlin’s charity.
In 2020, at the end of his final year at Pitt, Damar Hamlin organized a toy drive for kids in his hometown of McKees Rocks, Pa. This is the young man who went down on the field tonight in Cincinnati. He is a man; not a number on a jersey. Prayers for Damar.
I'm Autistic, multiracial, and queer. As a teen, I never read a novel that mirrored my experiences. So now I've written one myself.
If you're looking for a queer, neurodivergent novel with a dash faeries, pre-order now!
One of the biggest enigmas of ADHD is how quickly your brain can get overwhelmed with the idea of work.
All of the possibilities collected into one massive, undoable task.
It makes everything and anything feel impossible to even start.
Did you know that Harvard has free Resume, CV and Cover Letter resources - including action verbs, templates and samples?
I've compiled a list of them -
Solving a system of equations? Sure you could use the fancy algebra that is constantly crammed down our throats. Or you could begin with tape diagrams. Maybe the tapes even help you understand the fancy algebra.
ADHD'ers: *does 40 hours of work in an 8-hours hyperfocus and urgency fueled bender*
Them: This is amazing! You have so much potential. Here's some more work.
The very same ADHD'ers: *struggles for 8 hours to get the executive function to do a simple task*
Them: God, you're lazy