I am honored to be presenting with Tanny McGregor and Paula Bourque at the 2018 International Literacy Conference in Austin, Texas this July! If you are attending, please join our fun and interactive two hour workshop on Sunday, July 22 in Room 18B from 4PM-6PM. This session is geared for classroom teachers, coaches, and administrators … Continue reading Join Us at ILA 2018 for “It’s Sketchy! Visual Notetaking for Every Classroom”
Throughout this school year, I have been using sketchnoting as a medium for helping students craft visual notes and share their closer reading of a text. Whether sketchnoting smaller chunks of a text or lengthier excerpts, I usually provide students some scaffolding for thinking about their sketchnote designs by giving them steps or talking points … Continue reading Visual Notetaking and Analysis of Poetry with Sketchnoting
Like many of you, I have found Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to be a challenging text for students in terms of both content and vocabulary. Most 11th grade teachers find this be an especially tedious text to teach; several of you on Twitter shared it has been a struggle … Continue reading Notebook Invitations, Annotation Statements, and Sketchnoting for Introducing and Navigating Challenging Nonfiction
