Using familiar and flexible classroom routines, authentic literacy habits, and encouragement, his students moved from "I hate reading and writing" to self-identifying as readers and writers in a matter of eighteen weeks.
Author Bio
Andy Schoenborn is an award-winning author and high school English teacher in Michigan at Clare Public Schools. He focuses his work on progressive literacy methods including student-centered critical thinking, digital collaboration, and professional development. He is a past-president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, Vice President for the Michigan Reading Association, and Teacher Consultant for the Chippewa River Writing Project. Contact him at .
Recommended Citation
Schoenborn, Andy
(2022)
"A Spark of Light in the Darkness: A Framework of Habits and Routines that Grow Literacy Identities,"
Michigan Reading Journal: Vol. 54:
Iss.
3, Article 12.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol54/iss3/12