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How Teacher Language Can Build a More Democratic Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

They often do this by intentionally choosing language that shapes the learning environment. Beyond Teacher Talk: Shaping Student Language with Anchor Charts When it comes to the whole class, children need a shared set of principles for participation. Most of these principles will play out with some kind of language.

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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Use the language of sequence and logic. All rights reserved. Plot really is everything.

Teaching 110
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Teaching Logic and Sequencing through Narrative

Faculty Focus

As a writing teacher, I’ve discovered that counseling writers to sequence details logically does more for their writing, their readers, and their intellectual development than encouraging them to take risks or to make art. Use the language of sequence and logic. All rights reserved. Plot really is everything.