The Rogue Scholar

  Teach Write, LLC. Writing Workshops for Teacher-Writers I am currently taking the workshop in the image above.  Cherylann Schmidt  is an amazing instructor who is helping me make sense of Practioner Inquiry and the stories that can be gleaned from the work we do with our Scholars. At the beginning of each session, we spend some time in our notebooks responding to a question related to the data we have collected. This past week, she asked two very simple questions. Where did we come from? Where are we going? I'm not sure how much thought I gave to either of the questions before I started writing. Below is what came to mind. We came from a place of questioning...our practice, our effort, our impact, our purpose. We are headed toward understanding and revelation. - toward the ability to identify the stories our Scholars tell. I know what you're thinking. Your responses are as simple as the questions. You might not be wrong.  But, when I weigh my responses against the ...

Image by  DarkmoonArt_de  from  Pixabay   Do you know who Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher are? I had heard their names, but I didn't really know who they were. Did you know they recently started recording YouTube videos again dedicated to reading and writing? Me neither. Well, all that changed when my teacher-writer friend, Leigh Anne Eck, shared a link on Facebook for Penny and Kelly's "Day 5 March 23 2021" episode on YouTube. (Penny Kittle's YouTube page.) Leigh Anne said, and I quote, "Such a great Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher video on the writing process and how it is different for everyone. You want to watch this - trust me." Well, I trusted Leigh Anne.  So far, I have watched the first 4 episodes.  Oh! My! Goodness! When I tell you these two are a wealth of knowledge regarding books to read and everything writing, I mean they are a wealth of knowledge. On the "Day 4" episode, Penny and Kelly interviewed Tom Newkirk (didn't know w...