Episode Show Notes — Brave New Teaching

Six English teachers share their favorite lessons for the October/Halloween season.

lesson planning, teachingAmanda CardenasSeptember 30, 2020unit, collabisode Comment

On today’s show, we look at the task of tackling early American voices and strategies that help shed multiple perspectives and make difficult texts manageable.

To Celebrate Diverse Voices: LatinX Writers [S1 E24]

As we continue the work of building anti-racist/anti-biased classrooms, the texts we put in front of students are a critical starting point. In this episode, we celebrate LatinX writers across Latin America.

diverse voices, poetry, lesson planningAmanda CardenasSeptember 2, 2020planning, diverse voices, equityComment

To Prioritize When Teaching Virtually [S1 E23]

Virtual teaching can feel like it’s pulling you in a million directions. Here are three to focus on.

eLearning, lesson planning, organizationAmanda CardenasAugust 27, 2020Comment

To Teach Close Reading: Characterization [S1 E22]

We’re taking a deep dive into a very important teaching strategy in the English classroom: close reading. Specifically, we’re looking at CHARACTERIZATION.

season one, teaching, strategies, lesson planningAmanda CardenasAugust 20, 2020Comment

To Teach Social Justice Through Poetry [S1 E21]

In today’s episode of Brave New Teaching, we caught up with Tanesha Forman: teacher, writer, and activist inspiring teachers all across social media.

lesson planning, brave, strategies, poetryAmanda CardenasAugust 13, 2020poetry, interviewComment

To Plan the First Week Back to School [S1 E20]

Let’s walk through the first week together.

eLearning, lesson planning, organizationAmanda CardenasAugust 6, 2020planning, back to school

To Be Honest About Fails and Wins [S1 E19]

Sometimes (okay, a lot of times) teaching is just HARD. Here, Amanda & Marie share their biggest fails and a few of their wins.

eLearning, lesson planning, new, teachingAmanda CardenasJuly 30, 2020adviceComment

To Hack Digital Grading & Assessment [S1 E17]

Here is our go-to list of digital grading and assessment tools to bring into your classrooms.

eLearning, lesson planning, season oneAmanda CardenasJuly 16, 2020assessment Comment

To Find Supplementary Texts [S1 E16]

We share our favorite places to locate supplementary texts for your units broken down by genre.

lesson planning, essential questions, newAmanda CardenasJuly 9, 2020unitComment

To Visualize a Unit [S1 E13 & 14]

Being able to see the scope of a unit and knowing where you want students to be at the end is critical in our field. Let’s tackle this together!

lesson planning, eLearning, planning, podcast episodesAmanda CardenasJune 18, 2020unit, planning

To Teach Close Reading: Syntax [S1 E11]

We’re taking a deep dive into a very important teaching strategy in the English classroom: close reading. Specifically, we’re looking at SYNTAX.

season one, teaching, strategies, lesson planningAmanda CardenasMay 28, 2020strategiesComment

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