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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 8h

Learning to write is important but that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun as well as meaningful. metawriting.deannamascle.com/10-great-ped...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 11h

Reading literacy narratives is also a great way to learn about the challenges and struggles of your students. So many of the heartbreaks and struggles my students shared through their narratives informed me long after that student left my classroom. metawriting.deannamascle.com/10-ways-lite...

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10 Ways Literacy Narratives Will Rock Your World (or at least your writing classroom) : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 12h

When will we become trauma informed as a society? Justice system and first responder training is not enough. In New York, prosecutors have reopened an investigation into allegations that a student was gang raped by seven fraternity members at Cornell University in 2024. pca.st/episode/8226...

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Sexual assault on campus is a problem. Can laws help address it?

In New York, prosecutors have reopened an investigation into allegations that a student was gang raped by seven fraternity members at Cornell University in 2024. The incident has reignited debates…

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 13h

Centering poetry in my composition classroom was one of the best decisions I made and I continue to recommend it as a tool for both inspiration and innovation. metawriting.deannamascle.com/poetry-in-co...

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Poetry in Comp Class? : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 18h

This weekend I saw the movie I used to title this writing invitation and I highly recommend it as a poem and writing invitation as well as a movie. I enjoyed it from start to finish and have been thinking about it a lot! deannamascle.com/other-houses/

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Other Houses

This may be a weird invitation to write as it is part of my homework for my next Gauntlet session to read some of Katerina Stoykova’s poetry, but as I was thinking about her life and work I d…

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Games are a wonderful tool for teaching writing, but my semester teaching with games this semester has reinforced for me that games can be used in any content area and with equal success metawriting.deannamascle.com/3-reasons-br...

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3 Reasons You Should Bring Games Into Your Classroom : Metawriting

Anyone who knows me, in real life or online, knows that this semester I built my general education writing class...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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One Poem to Rule Them All : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How do you leave room in your writing classroom for your students to show you what they have learned as writers and rhetoricians? metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...

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What If We Told the Story of Our Values : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Reflection has always been one of the most important tools in my pedagogical toolbox and I fervently believe reflection is the answer to almost any pedagogical challenge. metawriting.deannamascle.com/transliterac...

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Transliteracy Reflections : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I remain convinced that using games in the writing classroom as both inspiration and pedagogical tool is a winning strategy to help both writers and humans learn and grow. metawriting.deannamascle.com/games-and-wr...

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Games and Writing : Metawriting

What’s New? Yes, I want to reassure 2018 me that games do promote community and learning. I have zero regrets...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Poetry in Comp Class? : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Other Houses

This may be a weird invitation to write as it is part of my homework for my next Gauntlet session to read some of Katerina Stoykova’s poetry, but as I was thinking about her life and work I d…

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

How do you leave room in your writing classroom for your students to show you what they have learned as writers and rhetoricians? metawriting.deannamascle.com/what-if-we-t...

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What If We Told the Story of Our Values : Metawriting

Final Update: I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Games and Writing : Metawriting

What’s New? Yes, I want to reassure 2018 me that games do promote community and learning. I have zero regrets...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a writing journey moves through time to arrive at a specific place with a product, but unlike process a journey acts upon the writer as well as the writing metawriting.deannamascle.com/its-a-journe...

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It's A Journey Not A Process : Metawriting

Final Update: I recently re-read a student’s final reflection from the Fall 2025 semester and I love how this international student...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I cannot stress enough the importance of my shift to slant essays was to my praxis. The powerful impact on my students and their work as writers and rhetoricians showed up repeatedly in student reflections. metawriting.deannamascle.com/writing-slant/

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Writing Slant : Metawriting

Final Update: This ominous notation is simply to announcement that I’ve retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

using games in the writing classroom as both inspiration and pedagogical tool is a winning strategy to help both writers and humans learn and grow metawriting.deannamascle.com/3-writing-le...

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3 Writing Lessons We Learned From Games : Metawriting

What’s New? I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this blog...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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It's A Journey Not A Process : Metawriting

Final Update: I recently re-read a student’s final reflection from the Fall 2025 semester and I love how this international student...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Using poetry to teach writing and to support human growth and development is always high on my list of recommendations to other teachers! metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...

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How Do I Use Poetry In Comp Class? Let me count the ways... : Metawriting

Final Update: I have only weeks left in this season of transition into my third act (and retirement) and so this is...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sometimes it is not about the lack of ideas or even the lack of building materials for the current project. Sometimes your brain just won’t get out of your way. metawriting.deannamascle.com/low-stakes-w...

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Low-Stakes Writing Practice: Snaps and Artifacts : Metawriting

Final Update: Even now that I am retired (as of July 1, 2026) I still engage in lots of low-stakes...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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Writing Slant : Metawriting

Final Update: This ominous notation is simply to announcement that I’ve retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

using games in the writing classroom as both inspiration and pedagogical tool is a winning strategy to help both writers and humans learn and grow metawriting.deannamascle.com/3-writing-le...

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3 Writing Lessons We Learned From Games : Metawriting

What’s New? I’m retired as of July 1, 2026, and one of my third act goals is to re-vision what this blog...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just think about how much better our world would be if we spent more time approaching life’s challenges with a good faith examination of the ideas offered by a variety of perspectives. metawriting.deannamascle.com/good-faith-a...

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Good Faith Arguments : Metawriting

Final Update: Even now that I am retired (as of July 1, 2026) I am still thinking about good faith...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

thinking, discussing, and writing about games leads to so many natural lessons about rules that it is a perfect match for a writing classroom metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-to-begin...

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How To Begin Gaming Your Classroom : Metawriting

Final Update: Using games to teach and inspire writing in my first-year writing classes was one of the best decisions...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Using poetry to teach writing and to support human growth and development is always high on my list of recommendations to other teachers! metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-do-i-use...

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How Do I Use Poetry In Comp Class? Let me count the ways... : Metawriting

Final Update: I have only weeks left in this season of transition into my third act (and retirement) and so this is...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Low-Stakes Writing Practice: Snaps and Artifacts : Metawriting

Final Update: Even now that I am retired (as of July 1, 2026) I still engage in lots of low-stakes...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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Good Faith Arguments : Metawriting

Final Update: Even now that I am retired (as of July 1, 2026) I am still thinking about good faith...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Right now I am living my best life as a writer, as a poet, but I miss acting upon this belief and nurturing those who have been beaten down by a system or life to lose their voice or worse never unfurl it. metawriting.deannamascle.com/believe-the-...

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Believe the Writer : Metawriting

Final Update: For the final years of my teaching career (officially retired July 1, 2026) I improved my teaching experience...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There are many paths to growing as a writer and there are even more variations in good writing because good writing depends on the purpose and the audience and the choices made by the writer to connect the two. metawriting.deannamascle.com/good-writing...

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Good Writing is Magic Not Alchemy : Metawriting

Good writing is magic not alchemy and that makes teaching writing a challenge when the education system is mostly built...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

thinking, discussing, and writing about games leads to so many natural lessons about rules that it is a perfect match for a writing classroom metawriting.deannamascle.com/how-to-begin...

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How To Begin Gaming Your Classroom : Metawriting

Final Update: Using games to teach and inspire writing in my first-year writing classes was one of the best decisions...

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My Reading the USA challenge has already taught me so much about my country and fellow Americans plus delivered so much more including pushing me out of my reading comfort zone. myact3.substack.com/p/reading-th...

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Reading the USA End-of-Summer Update

Plus my favorite books from five completed regions & 24 book recommendations

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Deanna Mascle @deannamascle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It breaks my heart to think about how much of my career was spent asking this question - and working in education is only getting worse... metawriting.deannamascle.com/lost-or-drow...

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Lost or drowning? : Metawriting

I chose this image of the Lost Lake sign because I am not sure if I am lost or drowning....

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