I just got off our monthly #CELchat, where literacy leaders gather to share their work and brainstorm. I’m grateful for all the thinking we did on leveling courses, providing opportunity, and addressing the pressurizing challenges of high schools.

Third and final #ThesisoftheWeek for December is inspired by Stuart Kestenbaum's poem "Prayer for the Dead." Use it if you'd like. Share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #FormativeWriting #WritingtoLearn #celchat #nctechat #2ndaryELA #Poetry poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

@katebaker.bsky.social Anyone else out there just like to put two versions of the same story side by side, one classic, one contemporary, & add some art to make it a broader text set? Or... just folks like you & me? 🤣 #celchat #nctechat #textset #mythology #TheIliad drive.google.com/file/d/1muhP...

December's first #ThesisoftheWeek is inspired by "Kindness" by Anya Silver. Use it if you'd like. Share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #2ndaryELA #CELChat #edchat #formativeassessment #writingpractice #poetry #formativewriting #writingtolearn poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

The second #ThesisoftheWeek for December is based on "Myth of the Vanishing Indian" by Rena Priest. Use it if you'd like, and share it if you'd like! #PoetryasPractice #FormativeAssessment #WritingPractice #2ndaryELA #celchat #nctechat #poetry poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...

Are you a literacy leader looking for community and professional learning?
Join our next virtual social hour to connect with other literacy leaders and learn together! Open to all #NCTE members. Hope to see you this Tuesday at 7 pm ET!

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An email into @ncte may be useful, too: they’re very responsive! Excited to see you again! #CELchat #CEL25

Looking forward to reading new titles in 2026, and reflecting on the great reads of 2025! What's on your list to read in the new year? #BookLove #TitleTalk #ShelfieTalk #celchat #nctechat #BuildYourStack @ncte.org

How apropos! I've finished reading & writing beside this brilliant book this AM for National Day on Writing! 30 notebook pages on my writing identity, why writing matters now more than ever, and the whats, whys & hows of the process #WhyIWrite #MyPersonalPD #PDBookClub #AmWriting #NCTEChat #CELChat

Oona, thank you for sharing this practice and resources! This is great! #leadELA #CEL25 #CELchat

Getting ready for a conference call to make sure my lunch talk at #NCTE16 is something you'll like! #CELchat #GettingExcited