C. McKell's Profile

I help students find their voice through reading, writing, and critical thinking. I teach in an alternative high school, ABE/GED and a community college. I am especially concerned that impoverished and underrepresented students have a seat at the academic table.
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I am interested in Reader's Workshop,Writer's Workshop,Edupunk,Flat Classrooms,First-generation College Experiences,Critical Literacy,Action Research,Literary Theory,Grammar Instruction In-context (Jeff Anderson),Young Adult Novels,Viet Nam Veteran's Literature (Tim O' Brien),Cultural Studies,Technical Writing,African-American Literature,Cognitive Science,Curriculum,Cross Curricular Pedagogy,etc.. My favorite music are Bruce Springsteen,Bluegrass,Punkgrass,Nugrass,Classic Country,Classical,etc.
"And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee...". Books: Authors: Louise Erdrich,Tim O' Brien,Jane Austen,Walt Whitman,W. B. Yeats,Pat Conroy,Michael Dorris,Maxine Hong Kingston,Gabriel Garcia Marquez,Tennessee Williams,Flannery O' Connor,Alice Walker,Sherman Alexie,Scott McCloud,Art Speigelman,etc.
http://bookmooch.com/m/bio/cmckell. My Heros are Nancy Atwell,Jim Burke,Jeff Anderson,and dedicated rural and urban teachers everywhere..

Member since Mar 27, 2008, follows 226 people, 33 public groups, 1350 public bookmarks (1688 total).