Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile
Brian Sztabnik

@talkswteachers

Brian Sztabnik is a classroom teacher, a 2018 NY Teacher of the Year finalist, an Edutopia blogger, and the College Board Advisor for AP Lit.

ID: 2235998652

linkhttp://www.muchadoaboutteaching.com calendar_today08-12-2013 12:46:54

16,16K Tweet

11,11K Followers

4,4K Following

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A1. "if we launched our demands into the sky, made ourselves so big people could point to us with the arrows they make in their minds," #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A2. I anticipate my students struggling with the second stanza, "I am a hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying." #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Q3. There is a lot that is figurative in the poem. Students may want to jump there initially, missing the literal. Literally, what is our speaker doing? #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A3. I can't tell if it is two lovers or neighbors rolling out garbage cans and taking notice of the celestial sky. #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A4. I see a relationship between the bigger picture --the constellations -- and her immediate impact -- her trash. She questions the impact she has on the grand scale. #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A5: The speaker realizes that in the darkness starlight reaches us and it has a power to illuminate from a distance long after it is gone. #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A7. There is this sense that they need to step out of their relative darkness and onto a bigger stage with a brighter spotlight. #aplitchat

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There is a constant tension in teaching between stagnation vs growth. Here's 5 ways to improve without sacrificing your time or your sanity. muchadoaboutteaching.com/teachers-have-…

Brian Sztabnik (@talkswteachers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I am looking to interview a few teachers for a project I’m working on who have been magnificently impacted by a mentor. If this sounds like you, please send me a direct message.