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Ruth Poulsen's avatar

Love your reflections so much— you’re making me nostalgic for my days as a HS English teacher. 😊I appreciate your gardening metaphor— I’ve built my newsletter around a similar metaphor, comparing schools to regenerative farms!

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Trevor Aleo's avatar

This rocks! I've been amped to read a long form post detailing your experiences and this was such a fantastic window into how you and your students are taking up this work. I love sharing my passion for literary theory with other teachers and your enthusiasm, curiosity, commitment and creativity have been energizing me since we started chatting this summer. As you're already noting, it's the gift that keeps on giving, so I'm sure your students will continue making even more connections as the year continues. I look forward to seeing how it develops and plan on borrowing some of the ideas and methods you shared here for my own classroom.

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Carla Meyrink's avatar

Wow, what an article, Marcus! Thank you for sharing your reflections, resources, and lesson plans. You are always so generous and inspiring. I can’t wait to share this with my Language Arts team. I especially loved the excerpts from your conversation with ChatGPT: such a powerful example of how AI can deepen our thinking and support real learning, not replace it.

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