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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong.

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

New Westminster's Poetry in the Park series lineup has been announced! This Summer, they'll feature @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, @allegorically.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @jkirton.bsky.social, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social, and more. @rclas.bsky.social

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

One day at a time, right? Sometimes on hour at a time. 💔

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The hard thing is that it always does break them, like it would any of us. It just takes time to show. And years later they’re struggling in another class and the teacher is mad at them and you’re there saying, “Ummm, there’s something you should know…” 😭

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

“Shout out to the classics, but a book doesn’t need to be timeless in order to be effective for the generations that are reading it.“ 🎤🫳

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Why is Apple News pushing residential school denialism articles?

A newspaper headline from the National Post describing a residential school denier as “the standard bearer for free thought”.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Such a joy to get to talk with 350 SFU student teachers today about relational learning. One of the highlights of my career. So many lovely people. Such sweet engagement. So absorbed I almost forgot to take a photo. 🤩 Thank you for the invitation, @sfueducation.bsky.social!

A blond man with glasses and a gray-tinged gingery beard smiles at the camera as if he totally loves the fact that you exist on this planet.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The consequences are the damage this has caused to the trust you had in the child. It’s relational damage. I would tell this to the child, and I would give them a path to rebuild that trust. I would also notify the family and have the kid retake it outside of class time. Good luck!

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Jaylene Tyme, live at the @bctela.bsky.social conference: a surthrivor!

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Teachers of #bced! The @bctela.bsky.social conference has a magnificent lineup this year, with a keynote from Billy-Ray Belcourt, drag with Jaylene Tyme, and two dozen workshops that will deepen your K-12 ELA practice! Join ussssss! www.bctelaconference.ca

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

What does Reconciliation mean to you? Check out what Indigenous educators in Surrey Schools have to say! #sd36learn surreyschoolsone.ca/trc/

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Truth and Reconciliation Week | Surrey Schools ONE

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

See www.bctelaconference.ca to sign up for the fantastic sessions, as well as the keynote by Billy-Ray Belcourt and opening performance from drag artist Jaylene Tyme!

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Join us for this year's @bctela.bsky.social conference this October! In the morning Dr. Joaquin Munoz and I will share our learning progressions for engaging with Indigenous topics, and in the afternoon Dr. Kessey Jemmott and I will dig deep into the joy & decolonizing power of creative nonfiction!

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

If you're looking for *free* rubrics, ELA course plans, conferencing docs, literacy support, links to powerful contemporary poems, and more, check out my class site: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/for-teachers/. #ela

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For Teachers

Useful files for teachers!

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Day 7 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! We know you have some important thoughts we can learn from in response to these questions. Contribute to our thinking in the comments section below.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Prompts! Writing stations! (Though they choose their own destination; no one hits all the stations.) Exemplars and discussions! Visiting poets! Modelling and co-writing! Drafts! In-the-moment feedback!

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Day 5 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! Let's learn a bit about you...share your reflections in the comments section below.

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Day 4 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club Going big with this prompt. Share your thoughts in the comments section and support conversation by replying to others.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Just beware of the binary: there is always some showing & some telling, and the balance adjusts for the writing’s form and audience and style.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

See past student Rupam’s example here: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/students/ And I write more about prose poems as a form for students here: surreyenglishta.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/t...

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Student Creations

Check out student work from Mr. McKillop’s classroom!

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My favourite definition of poetry: intense language. So there’s an intensity to prose poetry, a densification with strong verbs and nouns. There’s often a focus on showing over telling, leaving the reader to infer. A GOOD prose poem takes us somewhere we didn’t expect.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

See Rupan’s example here: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/students/. And I talk about prose poems a little more in this essay about essays:

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Student Creations

Check out student work from Mr. McKillop’s classroom!

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Day 3 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club Share your ideas below in the comment section and don't forget to respond or reply to others. 🙂 Love this learning community!

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Day 2 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club Share your thoughts in the comments section and please also respond to others' contributions!

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Day 1 of 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! This collection of poems is a powerful read! Please respond to the quote, the question or the reflections below in the comment section.

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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Happy August everyone! A few short days until our 2025 summer book club chats begin for NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt, our conference keynote! Questions to provoke your thinking and responses start August 20th and go until the 27th! We are eagerly anticipating your contributions!!

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Once a month I give this anonymous Google Form survey to all my classes + then turn around and share the results with them the following week Adapted from what @jimmayers.bsky.social does in his room, having this monthly "pulse check" has been a game-changer (Especially the debrief conversations!)

first two questions of our monthly anonymous check-in survey

last two questions of our monthly anonymous check-in survey

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 24/07/2025

Since @marcusluther.bsky.social has been making his teaching practices explicit, I want to share how I teach theme. It’s not new, but it’s the best AND it’s a sure-fire way to tell if a student has used AI at this point.

An annotated one pager on how to teach theme

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Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Join us for Poetry in the Park July 16th with features Cecily Nicholson and Rita Wong, followed by open mic and host @jessicaleemcmillan.com. 6:30pm Queen's Park Bandshell. rclas.com/recurring/po...

poetry in the park
July 16th Wednesday 6:30pm
Queen's Park Bandshell

Pictures of poets on green and purple ombre flyer with leaves on the left.

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The Ex-Puritan @ex-puritan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Now Hiring: Poetry Editor! Position begins August 2025. For the full posting, please see our website. Apply before July 22, 2025: ex-puritan.ca/news/now-hir...

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NOW HIRING: POETRY EDITOR

The Ex-Puritan is hiring a new poetry editor!

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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Something I love about having made a vision document for each of the classes I teach back in at the beginning of the school year? The ability to look at it when the school year concludes as a lens to understand what went well and how I need to do better: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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24-25 Course Vision - AP Literature

24-25 Course Vision - AP Literature In order to go somewhere, you usually have to have a clear vision of where you want to go. So ahead of a new school year, I want to take the time to lay out the sev...

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

DOCTOR Kessey! She did it!!!😍😍😍

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Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Arc’s Poem of the Year 2025 Readers’ Choice Award is open for voting! Which shortlisted poem is your favourite? Read the standout finalist poems and cast your vote today! buff.ly/3DLvn2D

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jaye simpson @jayesimpson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

my book, a body more tolerable, is out in the public early! WHAT A TIME!

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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

From 'Midnight & Other Poems' (2009) —Mourid Barghouti [tr. Radwa Ashour] #poetry #poem #poems #palestine

INTERPRETATIONS

A poet sits in a coffee shop, writing.
The old lady
thinks he is writing a letter to his mother,
the young woman
thinks he is writing a letter to his girlfriend,
the child
thinks he is drawing,
the businessman
thinks he is considering a deal,
the tourist
thinks he is writing a postcard,
the employee
thinks he is calculating his debts.
The secret policeman
walks, slowly, towards him.

—Mourid Barghouti

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

As with so many things, the answer seems to be balance: starting with shared texts that build skills and community, and then letting students spiral out into their own explorations and priorities.

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This poem by Jónína Kirton! www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/01/poet...

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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷 If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add. (Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!) Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people! go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN

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Judy Halbert @jhalbert.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Stories shape the way we learn, lead, and connect. They help us make sense of the world, inspire change, and build stronger communities. Please join us in this special series hosted by our dear friend, Monique Gray Smith. outdoorlearning.com/event/the-me... @noiie.ca

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The Medicine of Stories - Outdoor Learning School & Store

Scroll Down to Register 4 x 60 Minutes Storytelling Sessions The Medicine of Stories in Educating Hearts, Minds and Spirits Early bird registration open until January 17th! These inspiring and […]

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

As I read the 100+ poetry books submitted for the Fred Cogswell Award, I took notes on both the books and the tricky act of judging poetry. I've compiled some of them into an essay for @the-wood-lot.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it! the-wood-lot.ca/2025/01/19/s...

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Some Notes on Judging Poetry – Rob Taylor

by Rob Taylor In May 2024, I was invited to judge the Fred Cogswell award for the best Canadian poetry book of 2023. I said yes immediately, having long been a fan of the prize’s structure (and, of…

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

If you’re looking to connect with ELA teachers in BC, here’s a starter pack! go.bsky.app/JJc37o1

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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Still a WIP but I’ve been working with @karismjones.bsky.social, @rabani.bsky.social, @carolinebr.bsky.social, @deewellington1.bsky.social, Sarah Jerasa & some other folks on a repository of digital mentor texts/practices. Here’s mine on VE. reminiscent-attention-b9e.notion.site/Video-Essays...

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Video Essays | Notion

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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy 3rd birthday to this Christmas girl, who can fly like a reindeer…

Off-handsome man and beautiful labradoodle

Labdradoodle leaping 3 times her height to catch a frisbee

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