Maine Educator Fall 2023

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Ink and Insights: How Teacher-Authors Inspire Students to Dream Big

I’m constantly talking with students about the creative process and the tools that writers use. Almost always, when I’m teaching a lesson on literary techniques or listening to students analyze the work of an author I admire, I learn—or relearn—something that benefits my own writing practice." REBECCA TURKEWITZ 10TH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER 22

Maine Educator | Fall 2023

I strive to make my classroom a place where I would’ve wanted to spend the fourth grade, and I often think about my writing in the same way: would I be bored by this chapter? Would I find this dialogue funny? Is this needlessly confusing? Would I, honestly, want to read this book?" NICK FULLER GOOGINS 4TH GRADE TEACHER


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