The Maine Writing Project would like to introduce you to the smart, witty, and talented teacher-consultant Emily Denbow Morrison. Emily studied English Literature and Secondary Education at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT and graduated with honors in 2001. She married her classmate, Matthew Morrison. Emily began her teaching career…
Emily studied English Literature and Secondary Education at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT and graduated with honors in 2001. Emily began her teaching career in southern New Hampshire and currently teaches in A.P. English Literature at Bucksport High School. After her daughter was born, she began writing a book, Investigating…
Every day I walk into the classroom, it provides the chance to influence and change the lives of those that I am working with. The challenge is that we often are unaware of the impact we have had on individuals until long after our time together ends.
In this fast-paced world we live in today, things are constantly evolving—technology, fashion trends, social habits, and one of the most important aspects of life, education. The way today’s children are educated is exceptionally different than the way their parents and grandparents were educated. Not only is technology vital, but the…
There’s an old Zambian proverb, “When you run alone, you run fast. When you run together, you run far.” My sister Mary and I understand the meaning of this saying more than most. We’ve run hundreds of miles together over the past five years, and there’ve been many times —…
Emily studied English Literature and Secondary Education at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, VT and graduated with honors in 2001. Emily began her teaching career in southern New Hampshire and currently teaches in A.P. English Literature at Bucksport High School. After her daughter was born, she began writing a book, Investigating…
“Mom, you’re not a rock star. You’re a high school English teacher!” my daughter reminded me recently. As I left the house to attend a summer seminar I called out, “I feel like a rock star!” During the hour-long commute I started thinking, how many of my students feel like…
Maine Writes, volume 2, is the 2015 anthology of writing by members of the University of Maine Writing Project. Teachers who choose to write – who experience its joy and its struggle for themselves – bring something special to their field and to their students. This collection of teacher reflections,…
Maine Writes, the Maine Writing Project 2013 Anthology, features some the state’s most inspiring writing teachers sharing their poetry and prose. Guest author Kate Kennedy joins the Maine Writing Project writers. Since 1997, about 400 educators from across Maine have experienced joyous and challenging summers of graduate study at the…
Emily Denbow Morrison’s weekly articles in The Maine Edge delve into womanhood, motherhood, teaching and the need to find the balance of life. Her columns run the gamut of soccer mom life, insecurities, the romance of romance books, and the joy of teaching.