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I Am a Pencil
A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories A teacher discovers how reading, writing, and imagining can help children grow, change, and even sometimes survive. Excerpt
"The Blackbird Is Flying, the Children Must Be Writing" Teaching Wallace Stevens' "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" to fifth graders in Queens, NY. Essays, Articles & ReviewsRecounts the moment when an old teacher got in touch with me, which then inspired reflections on what students and teachers remember.
The Occidental Tourist
Sam went to Japan to promote I Am a Pencil's publication. Click here to read about this alternately hilarious and moving book tour, which included a side trip to a school in Hiroshima. From Queens to Karachi
Part travelogue, part description of a conference for English teachers held in Pakistan. Under African Skies
A description of a writing conference for teachers in Tanzania, with participants from East Africa, India, Pakistan, and the United States. |