por Ersun Warncke | Dic 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Real-world writing strategiesThings students have said to me:‘I asked my teacher how long the essay needed to be and he said, “how long is a piece of string?”‘‘Wait! You can start a sentence with ‘but’?’‘What is the process for answering an essay question?’These...
por Ersun Warncke | Dic 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Part of the ‘Between the Lines’ series of writer interviews.In magical realmsIt is Sunday afternoon. Outside Rosanna Leo’s home (not far from Toronto, Ontario) the leaves have turned. “Just a couple of weeks till the beginning of winter,” she remarks. “It’s long here:...
por Ersun Warncke | Nov 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Cherie Dimaline (2017)Dystopian novel, YA fiction, Indigenous culture, Métis author, climate catastrophe, environment, Canadian author, queer fictionWhen I began a stint teaching middle school full time, I decided it was probably time to start reading young adult (YA)...
por Ersun Warncke | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Success strategies for learnersOver the summer, I took two online courses: they were instructive in unexpected ways.Both were premium-priced ($500+), both were heavily marketed, both were on topics I was keen to learn.By the second session of Course 1, I was wandering...
por Ersun Warncke | Nov 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Izzeldin Abuelaish, 2010Key wordsPalestine, Israel, Gaza, humanism, refugees, apartheid, medicine, conflict resolution, peace, Muslim, Jewish, educationLong before the recent cataclysm in the Middle East, my husband mentioned a book he’d read by a Palestinian doctor...
