LOL I am not sure what happened, but this post's content disappeared. I was really happy with how it had turned out, so you will have to...

These first weeks of the new semester have really flown by. A new crew of senior English students have begun the last English course of...

I always find January to be a great reflection point. Rather than set New Year's Resolutions, I like to just look at what we have left to...

Trying out something new in the new year. I am hoping to get some videos up from PD session and fun interviews with other ELA teachers...

2023 has been a year. I have had many opportunities to learn and discover new ways to help my students succeed. I set a goal that I would...

Back in the old days, when I had the original Things Mr.G Says blog, I would write an annual Airing of Grievances post. For the last few...

As a lifelong comic reader, I remember the countless hours combing through X-Men books, trading comics with friends, and looking through...

Summer often feels like it flies by. I think a large part of that is that I am always busy. I am busy planning for the next school year,...

End Strong As the year closes out, I always have my classes do a choice-heavy multiform (thanks, Paul) project. It has been a long year...

This week I had the pleasure of sharing the work of my students and the inspirations that I get to learn from to better help my students...

I have not written in a really long time for me. Life is busy, and I am tired...sometimes I feel like I have nothing really to say....

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This morning as I walked into school, a student excitedly greeted me "Mr. Gilson, look at my comic; it's finished!" I was blown away just...

Tomorrow I will share two sessions at our local teacher's convention on our work in room 157. The first is a look at multimodal...

I set this site up to help teachers and provide a space to learn together. Lifting Literacy has been a concept that brought together my...

This week in Grade 9, we started to dig into #ProjectSpeak. An inquiry-based learning opportunity where students identify a topic they...

Where It Began I started looking at multimodal composition when I saw some of the work that Paul Hankins was having students complete. I...

I realized that it was October today; I already knew it was October but the realization that it is already October hit me hard. The month...

Students returned this week and it really has been a whirlwind from start to finish. Classes are very full and just making room to sit...