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  1. Nov 5

    A3: Beloved (see previous tweets) and because it's SO INTENSE and beautiful. And a Pulitzer AND Nobel winning author! Hero status

    1 reply . 1 retweet 13 likes
  2. Nov 5

    A1: I hope my Ss remember literature can speak to us, for us, about us, that we turn to lit to learn what it’s like to be human

    1 reply . 9 retweets 32 likes
  3. Nov 5

    A1: To explore the beauty and power of the written word and to make sense of the world through the lens if literature.

    1 reply . 9 likes
  4. Nov 5

    Let me switch that to ALL Toni Morrison essays-didn't matter which book-tended to be higher scoring. so much depth & opportunity

    Replying to @karlahilliard @tollyllamamama @ToniMorrrison
    As a Q3 reader, Beloved essays made me happy. They were usually really damn good. Amiright ?
    1 reply . 3 likes
  5. Nov 5

    A5: and of course, when books make students cry, that's a special kind of wonderful

    1 reply . 9 likes
  6. Nov 5

    Join me for tonight. We are getting down to the bones of why we do what we do. See you at 9pm ET.

    18 retweets 24 likes
  7. Nov 5

    Hi I'm Jori from Northern CA and my AP class just read "Playground Elegy" by Rich discussion!!

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  8. Nov 5

    A5: I had two students back to back years say "thank you for reminding me that I love to read" - school had taken the joy away

    3 replies . 27 likes
  9. Nov 5

    A2: how to think about a text instead of being spoon fed

    1 reply . 1 retweet 13 likes
  10. Nov 5

    This year a student said, "that just gave me chills." We read The Real New York Giants. Hat tip to

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  11. Oct 29

    Hi! I’m liza from chilly Michigan. Anyone have a fun poem to analyze on Halloween??

    5 replies . 6 likes
  12. Nov 5

    A3: it may be cliche to say, but I adore The Kite Runner. His sentences are beautiful, and the need for redemption is raw & real.

    1 reply . 18 likes
  13. Oct 30

    Literary trick or treating tomorrow: students find an example of element in text and relate to theme development

    9 replies . 42 retweets 178 likes
  14. Nov 5

    Q5. Reading is at the heart of the AP Lit. experience. What is the best thing that a student has said of a text that you taught.

    1 reply . 1 like
  15. Oct 29

    A5 There is a lot of talking in my class, but at the end of the day, they must write their own response and that's what I read

    3 replies . 16 likes
  16. Nov 5
    Replying to

    100 pages in with my Lit kids and am bereft of how this text is moving my students. Toni Morrison is a goddess.

    2 replies . 4 likes
  17. Nov 5

    Good evening friends. My AP classes will be chatting with this week. They truly enjoy his poetry and so do I.

    2 replies . 16 likes
  18. Nov 5

    A5: This book changed how I saw ___. But I extra love the couple of tattoos that have come out of a book from class, too. 😉

    2 replies . 11 likes
  19. Nov 5

    Also, I’ve got to make a plug for short story. It’s under the radar in AP Lit, but there’s so much to learn about craft there.

    2 replies . 17 likes
  20. Nov 5

    A3: Morrison's work has always connected with me beyond explanation and Song of Solomon resonates deeply. Solid for Q3 too!

    1 reply . 9 likes

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