I'm linking to an exciting short essay by a former peer Paul Larochelle, an English teacher at ACS International School outside of London, published this month in English Journal:
In his essay, Paul describes an experience that I've referred to as "stumbling into critical exploration." He was teaching the translated text of Elie Wiesel's Night, and when a student who was reading a different translation pointed out a significant discrepancy in the meaning of one line, Paul launched a class investigation into the two translations, in the process uncovering meaningful and substantive lessons about language use, grammatical concepts, and ultimately the writing process.
As this teaching narrative builds paragraph after paragraph, it illustrates so many of the most important lessons from my graduate school courses. I encourage you all to take a look. Happy reading!
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