{"data":{"ID":1107,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1666637387,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Making Meaningful Work or Making Work Meaningful?","Handle":"making_meaningful_work_or_making_work_meaningful","ShortDescription":"Join me in discussing the question that serves as the title to this workshop. Is one more important than the other? Can a classroom be a place where there is both meaningful work being produced  and how can writing act as a cathartic outlet for social emotional rigor? How can our classes offer a chance to bring students' most authentic selves into the classroom?","Description":"As an English teacher at a Project-based school, content classes can often feel  like the \"ugly step child.\" Yet, as a high school English teacher for the last thirteen years, I have strived to make English class a time of day that debunks those stereotypes. In my opinion, a teacher who makes meaningful units allows for students to produce meaningful work..and not all work is tangible. How do you make work meaningful? How can your class  offer a cathartic outlet for social emotional rigor?  I will share an example of a content-based project that I have created for my seniors around the idea of food and family that ultimately will result in a collection of stories as well as a cookbook.","Link":["http:\/\/www.workshopschool.org"],"Audience":["High School"],"Practice":"I'll share some of the meaningful work that we produced in English class.\r\n\r\nWe'll practice some writing prompts that act as a cathartic outlet. \r\n\r\nBuild an idea guide together.","Presenter":["Willa Deitch"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["willa.deitch@workshopschool.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":144,"ScheduleLocationID":36,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10}}