MEJ Editor 2019, Best Practices & Teaching Tips, Hayley Vetsch, Reading, Secondary, Technology

From Café to Class: Bringing Book Clubs Into Your Classroom by Hayley Vetsch

It’s easy to discuss books if you like to read. Hobby reading comes easily to most of us English teachers, but I’d wager that it is one of the hardest things to teach in the classroom. In a time where longform is not the popular choice and 140-character essays reign, you can almost hear the … Continue reading From Café to Class: Bringing Book Clubs Into Your Classroom by Hayley Vetsch

MEJ Editor 2019, Kay J. Walter, Literacy, Post-Secondary, Reading, Reflections on Teaching

Internalizing the Message by Kay J. Walter

I had a few extra minutes that day when I entered the classroom in which I was teaching composition to second-semester freshmen at my university. I teach at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, a public university in rural Arkansas attended mostly by first-generation students of higher education. I try to start each of my … Continue reading Internalizing the Message by Kay J. Walter