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Michele Dunaway

Michele Dunaway is an award-winning English and journalism teacher who, in addition to teaching English III, advises the student newspaper, yearbook and news website at Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO. In November 2009, the Journalism Education Association awarded Michele with its Medal of Merit and in April 2013 she will receive recognition as a Distinguished Yearbook Adviser in the H.L. Hall Yearbook Adviser of the Year competition. She also practices what she teaches by authoring professional journal articles and writing novels. The Doctor's Little Miracle, a September 2010 release, was her 23rd book for Harlequin Enterprises, and her latest releases are available as Amazon Kindle ebooks.
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Teachers at Work

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Small Things That Change Lives: How Teachers Make a Difference

November 21, 2013
By Michele Dunaway
Every day, teachers make a difference. In this time when teachers are seen as incompetent and lazy, and when we are being blamed for societal ills and failing students and schools, I wanted to provide some positive affirmation, something beyond that bumper sticker cliché of "If You Can Read This, Thank a Teacher." After all, teaching goes beyond the classroom, beyond our instruction, and beyond the love of words.  Continue reading...
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The Problem with Punctuation

September 17, 2013
By Michele Dunaway
I have to admit that two of the biggest areas in which I struggle as a teacher are instructing grammar and punctuation. Long ago, I didn't seem so frustrated, but like cursive handwriting, grammar and punctuation have become lost in the shuffle.  Continue reading...
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Writing Prompts for Students: How to Strike the Right Balance

June 4, 2013
By Michele Dunaway
How much is too much? Currently a commercial for AT&T is asking if more is better, and, of course, the little kids sitting in the circle clamor that more is definitely better. In the world of writing prompts, though, more or less becomes one of those debatable things. Be too specific, and a teacher may actually be limiting student creativity. Yet, being too vague might frazzle kids completely.  Continue reading...
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Schools Are More Than a Test

January 24, 2013
By Michele Dunaway
After a trying few weeks, English teacher Michele Dunaway has arrived at some insights about what kids learn in school: "Here are the things schools teach, the things schools and teachers do that can never be addressed or assessed by fill-in-the-bubbles."  Continue reading...
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One Teacher's New Year's Resolutions

January 9, 2013
By Michele Dunaway
Michele Dunaway teaches English and journalism at Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, Missouri (when she's not writing best-selling romance novels). As 2012 begins, she's been thinking about some New Year's resolutions for the classroom. Here she shares seven of them.  Continue reading...
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Class Discussions That Work

December 18, 2012
By Michele Dunaway
Okay, I'll commit educational blasphemy. I'm not a fan of whole-class/large-group discussions. I don't care what you name them (one of the most common monikers is Socratic seminars), but get more than 10 people in a group and it becomes a license to zone out.  Continue reading...
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You've Got Mail: The Art of the Thank You

December 4, 2012
By Michele Dunaway
In September, my younger child turned 16. The day before her birthday, I opened the mailbox and pulled out a blue envelope. Her paternal grandparents had sent her a card. Her face lit up, and not just because there was a check inside. She'd gotten mail.  Continue reading...
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