On this episode, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel discuss the insecurities and questions teachers face when teaching a novel. Together they consider the challenges of how to decide what to teach in a novel, the pacing, and the balance of reading and pausing to do projects. As they discussed, they also address the underlying insecurities that come with teaching a novel: do I know enough? Am I enough?
Today at school, consider this: What insecurities prevent you from trusting yourself as you teach a novel? When you read a novel that you are assigned to teach, what naturally interests or excites you?
On this episode, Jamie, Natalie, and Rachel discuss the insecurities and questions teachers face when teaching a novel. Together they consider the challenges of how to decide what to teach in a novel, the pacing, and the balance of reading and pausing to do projects. As they discussed, they also address the underlying insecurities that come with teaching a novel: do I know enough? Am I enough?
Today at school, consider this: What insecurities prevent you from trusting yourself as you teach a novel? When you read a novel that you are assigned to teach, what naturally interests or excites you?