BAY VIEW ACADEMY TEACHER FEATURED IN NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH PUBLICATION
??Marion Wrye
East Providence, RI ??? Marion Wrye (East Providence, RI), a Bay View Academy Upper School English teacher, has been published in the March 2016 edition of English Journal, a publication by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). In her article, Nonfiction: A True Story, Wrye skillfully weaves examples of classroom assignments from her tenure at Bay View Academy with samples of her students??? work, providing a compelling case for the importance of nonfiction in the classroom. She writes:
?????Nonfiction is a treasure trove for teachers and students…There is something about nonfiction that peels back the surfaces of daily life, the social roles and personas of people, the collective beliefs and conventions, the busyness, and lets us peer into the depths, sometimes even the heart, of things. Nonfiction is a gateway into the minds and lives of others.???
According to Wrye, Nonfiction: A True Story, offers evidence that Bay View encourages creativity in its teachers and students:
?????Had I been forced to operate within the constraints of the kind of standardized curriculum which is so prevalent today, none of this could have happened,??? she says. ???I am very grateful that I have been given the room to do my best and push the envelope as a teacher.???
??Photo Credit: Lori DesVergnes