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A post shared by Amanda Toney-Velazquez (@atv_reads) on Apr 25, 2020 at 6:10am PDT

#beartown messed. Me. Up. At first glance, I couldn’t not UNDERSTAND wth everyone on Instagram was TRIPPING BALLS over this small hockey town story. I. WAS. WRONG. The beauty in this story is its true universality. These boys and girls and men and women are you, me, everyone. We’ve all wanted to win so badly we turned blind eyes to grievous crimes. We’ve hungered for a comeback that we immersed ourselves into moral ambiguity so totally that down is up and sideways. We’ve lied. Covered the truth. #beartown Is so much more than a story of boys in a small town the world forgot. I have 75 photos on my phone of these brilliant lines that just pierced me through and through.

[atvreads]

Instead of hyper-focusing on all the ways this week was TRASH, I’ll share the brilliant, sparkly, soul-enriching pieces instead. • I’m holding fast to my earlier statement that choosing joy in the face of adversity is its own form of resistance. • • In World Lit, we wrapped up my new #fairytale unit where we examined classic fairy tales, analyzed them for archetypes, and then took it one step farther by determining if archetypes helped establish harmful stereotypes that exclude voices from the accepted narrative. • • • Then, students selected a #yalit fairy tale retelling to use as a mentor text for writing themselves into their narratives at the end of the unit. The YA texts provided clear examples for updating, gender-bending, and creating diverse and inclusive narratives. • This passion project is directly inspired by the work of Jemimah L. Young, Marquita D. Foster, and Dorothy Hines that I was lucky enough to witness at @nctegram last fall in Baltimore. #teachergram #englishteacher #iteachhighschool #weneeddiversebooks #secondaryela #teachersfollowteachers #teacherssupportteachers #antiracisteducation https://www.instagram.com/p/CGI0y2oBMKY/?igshid=1wordqafcf434

[theteachersworkshop-blog]

I’m so curious... anyone use a podium? I love and hate this thing #iteachhighschoolenglish #iteachhighschool #teachersofinstagram #tracherssupportteachers #2ndaryela #secondaryela #secondaryelateacher https://www.instagram.com/p/B6E0jFXB1Wg/?igshid=clf46awhryir

[studentcenteredworld]

This is incredible!! . . Posted @withrepost • @teachtravelchange Student Lifeline Ticket ❤️ Although today *I* was the one who needed a little grace from my students... . I saw a post for a student lifeline ticket like this on @tchr2tchr last year (original is from @montesyrie I believe) and I wanted to try it out. I’m using it only for my Honors English 11 students, many of whom are enrolled in multiple honors and AP classes, are involved in sports, theater, music, have jobs, etc. I want to see how this lifeline works. It’s good for one use throughout the whole semester, not as an excuse or a motivation for procrastination, but simply because sometimes life just happens. . . . . . #iteachhighschool #teachersofinstagram #iteachela #iteachtoo #teacherideas #classroom #flexibleseating #highschoolteacher #elateacher https://www.instagram.com/p/B2xL8M3BSrw/?igshid=1aesx7khouuxo