Fascinating Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro:
Great interview with author Kazuo Ishiguro re: film. Illustration: Jillian Tamaki (via The New York Times)
Dystopia is Now: Viewing Never Let Me Go in Trump’s America
In an interview with MTV, Andrew Garfield, co-star of Never Let Me Go, explains what he views as the heart of the film. He states: “What is at the core […]
A Note of Thanks to James Thurber and Bryan Moss
The arrival of Bryan Moss, an amazing resident artist with the PAGES Program, in my classroom made me think of an article I read years ago about James Thurber. Thurber, […]
Students as Teachers
Aristotle once said that “Teaching is the highest form of understanding”. As a teacher, I know for a fact that having a “high understanding” of something definitely does not mean […]
Questioning, Processing, Collaborating
Like me, many of my students were moved byТ Shawnee, Ohio. Т They described it as “moving,” “inspirational,”tear-inducing,” “physically painful,” “spectacular,” “genius,” “emotional,” “exhausting.” Т It was a sensory deluge many had never […]
Blogging 101
Dave Coverly. Speed Bump. 2005. Two years ago, as part of PAGES at the Wexner Center, my students and I experiencedТ Forbidden Voices: How to Start a Revolution with a Laptop. […]
The Sounds of Contemporary Lit
I am excited to work more explicitly with sound in preparation for Shawnee, Ohio.Т In my teaching, I largely ignore sound as a strategy in creative writing. I was actually […]
The Kuleshov Effect and Soviet Montage
Posted by Eric Meiring During our meeting this week, the conversation shifted to the way art can affect the perception of the viewer, and, in turn, how these perceptions […]
Journal Contest
Last year some of my students made beautiful covers on their moleskin journals. This year I wanted to set the bar high for inspiration. Here is my journal: […]
Making metaphor from scratch
Mary Reufle begins at the beginnings. She offers “Metaphor as time, the time it takes for an exchange of energy to occur … if metaphor is not idle comparison, but […]
Community through Video Production
As I’ve started thinking about the new school year, I’m focused on developing community in my classroom – in my AP Lit, Humanities English 10 (my PAGES class), and D-Town […]
What to Do When History Repeats Itself
After a year of learning about ourselves through literature, nonfiction, art, drama, and music, Reynoldsburg Encore Academy freshmen tackled their first true high school research project. Instead of sticking computers […]
Learning with a side of grades
A week ago, a student said something so sad in my Humanities English 10 class. We were about to choose parts for that day’s reading of Hansberry’s A Raisin in […]
Breaking News: Paparazzi Invade Elsinore Castle!
In my high school English classroom, we imagine ourselves AS IF we are the paparazzi[1] and news teams of Elsinore, Denmark who are determined to investigate the royals!Т What […]
The Pages Program (Wexner Center for the Arts) 