A closer look at several topics I could speak about at your next event!
Five Sails to Navigate an AI World
While some fear that artificial intelligence makes writing instruction obsolete, others see potential for teaching our students how to write for the future. Through a sailing metaphor, explore how to harness the power of AI without losing the core humanness of writing as we help students navigate these less-charted waters. I share specific tried-and-true methods from my classroom as well as broader principles for any teacher or school system to apply.
Teaching on the Tightrope
I am a full-time teacher, with all of the stresses and time constraints that the role implies. How can we teach with fervor and heart without losing our balance or our optimism? I share my tips, tricks, and foundational habits that have helped sustain me through two decades in the profession.
Poetry Pauses to Ignite Writing
Based on ideas from my book, Poetry Pauses, this keynote illuminates how poetry reading and writing can be a central component in any writing unit from narrative to argument to research. No more will teachers see poetry as a once-a-year unit, but rather as an intrinsic part of quality ELA instruction in a keynote that inspires teachers to ignite students’ investment and joy in their writing.
Mastering the Unmasterable
The stakes are higher for English teachers nowadays, as everything from standardized tests, mastery learning, MTSS, and SOR demand our attention, learning, and precision of instruction. Despite all of these influences, we teach skills that we hope to grow over the course of a lifetime, not just the academic term. How can we work toward “mastery” of skills that are lifelong endeavors?
— Syd Korsunsky, Amazon review for Poetry Pauses
“I would put this book in the top five I’ve ever read on ELA instruction, right up there with Atwell, Rief, Kittle, and Gallagher.”
Brett Vogelsinger 