About This Portfolio
PUrpose |
The purpose of this portfolio is to showcase some of the writing I have done and to serve as a model for my students' portfolios this year.
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Goals |
One writing goal I have for this year is to share more of my writing with my students.
Another goal I have for this year is for each of my students to publish their own writing for a public audience at least once this year. |
About Me |
I teach 12th grade English Languge and Literature at ASU Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, AZ. I love trying out new restaurants, spending time with friends and family, and watching Netflix on the couch with my dog Oliver.
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About My Writing |
As a teacher, I spend a lot of my time writing emails, meeting notes, assignment sheets, and other professional and educational types of writing. I wrote a lot of academic research and literary analysis papers in high school and college, and now in graduate school. Sometimes I enjoy writing poetry for myself, and I am learning to start sharing it with others. I am also trying to keep a blog, but it is slow going. I have tried to keep a personal journal or diary many times in my life, but I usually forget or give up after only a few entries, so I have lots of mostly blank and unfinished notebooks lying around my house.
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About My Reading |
When I read books for myself, I love to read mysteries and historical fiction. I especially love to read stories with strong female protagonists. I used to read a lot of science fiction and fantasy in high school and college, and I still enjoy reading those genres now.
Besides novels, I read a lot of news from different websites online, both the serious and non-serious stuff. I spend an embarrassing amount of time reading blogs about television and entertainment media. Through college and now for work and grad school, I read a lot of research and news on schools and education and theories about reading and writing. |