Second Chances: TeachWritetober2020

I really do think that using my blog as a place to reflect on my weekly writing habits and progress has helped me stay on top of these goals.

Starting Off: TeachWritetober20 (W)Right

October 1st brings with it not only the Halloween season, but also the annual writing challenge: TeachWritetober.

One Little Resolution for a Not So Little School Year

A Little Research During a recent writing challenge, I was asked to “Reflect on my OLW for 2020,” which left me with the obvious question: What the heck is a OLW? I did not realize this was even a whole “thing” until a quick google search revealed its origins with Ali Edwards and that the […]

#SoL20: Trying to Plan

Tomorrow begins Spring Break for our school district, but it doesn’t feel like much of one since we have already been gone for a week due to the virus. That being said, I am grateful for the break because that gives me time to put some plans together. I’m a planner, it’s what I do, […]

It Didn’t Happen

I feel like this entry is going to be a bit rushed. It is already 10 pm, I just finished meal prepping for the week, and I still have to shower! I wanted to get so much more accomplished this weekend, but it didn’t happen. And that’s okay. That is another aspect of myself I […]

Once I Was Seven Years Old…

Greetings and Salutations! Welcome to my new blog. My name is Erica Johnson. Over the course of this past summer (2018) I joined 24 other amazing English teachers at an Institute in Washington, D.C. at the Folger Shakespeare Library. This Institute, called Teaching Shakespeare, changed my life in so many ways. Most of these ways […]