What can authors do make their presentations more accessible with newcomers kids learning English? This is the question I’m talking about at the March conference of the New Hampshire School Library Media Association along with Sara Lesley Arnold and Darcie Gonzalez. They’ll talk about how to make school libraries welcoming to diverse learners. I’ve been…
Posts By: terryfarish
Writer with an EL Focus
Coming soon. School visits and workshops especially for your English Language Learners
“Letters to My Daughter” – return to Viet Nam
My first job was in Viet Nam right out of college. Last year I went back with a group led by the writer Le Ly Hayslip. Here are small “letters” about the trip -“Letters to My Daughter” I call them. She’s the one who always wanted to know about the war. I wrote these as…
What Can Happen in Three Hours in an Afternoon?
You might find your muse. In addition to writing I’m also a yoga teacher. I’ve known for a long time how these two things come together for me and I’ve finally put together a workshop on how movement and stretches support thinking and creativity. Here’s the description that appears on the GateWay Taiji, Qigong &…
Letters to My Daughter: Travel Tips
So here’s a confession. What I thought I knew about Việt Nam mostly fell by the wayside. What I’m saying is, the trip was humbling. Two weeks in the country and now another several weeks since I came back, I’m still recognizing new ways to see it, and how I can’t see it anymore the…