That’s One Way: TeachWritetober2020

On the days where I didn’t feel like notebooking, or writing fiction, or didn’t have students writing with me — I wrote notes.

Starting Off: TeachWritetober20 (W)Right

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

#SoL20: Looking Back, Moving Forward

This week I shared with students we were going to do the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge. I’m nervous and excited for them, but mostly hopeful that they will see the benefit and joy of doing it. I actually got to speak to two students over Hangouts today and address some points of confusion. […]

Blogging with Students

I love starting new projects, new ideas, and then inevitably they seem to fizzle out as I lack accountability or just lose interest in the project. That’s what happened to this blog.

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 […]