I Found My Teaching Home

We all just read the recent artcile Writing between the Lines and Everywhere Else published by NCTE.  It is good to see research that supports what I have come to strongly believe.  The article’s release coincides with the announcement of a National Day on Writing sponsored by NCTE, also.  The research encouraged the leaders of NCTE to enhance their promotion of writing for real life.  It is hoped that we all, the teachers of English and other contents, will help our students merge their “real life” writing with their academic writing and that all of that will improve.  I was interested to hear that writing will be the “qunitetessential 21st century skill.”  We have a monumental task before us.  I hope we are up to the challenge.  I know I will give it my best shot!