About Kristina Peterson

Kristina A. Peterson is a high school English teacher at Exeter High School in Exeter, New Hampshire. Like many teachers, I was inspired by my own high school English teacher to seek a career in education. After graduating from York High School in 2001, I pursued a degree in English Literature, with a minor in Philosophy, from the University of Southern Maine. After spending a couple of years in the work force, I moved to Portland, Oregon and completed my M.A.T. from George Fox University. I graduated in 2007, moved home to New Hampshire and began teaching at Exeter that fall. I am a newlywed; my husband and I have been married for 8 months. I absolutely love teaching freshmen and enjoy the newness that each year brings. I plan to take classes this summer at the UNH Literacy program and hope to always consider myself a life long learner.
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Kristina Peterson has written 7 articles so far, you can find them below.

Engaging Readers with Reading – the What, the Why and the How

Filed under General Education Topics by Kristina Peterson on March 23, 2012 at 6:05 am {no comments}

Earlier this week, we brought you Kristina’s piece on Writing. Today she reflects on reading and the importance of establishing a love of reading in our students. She concludes with a perspective on assessment. ~EMP The Story: The success I had last year with the reading intervention program Language! was not simply a result of [...]

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Writing: When Experience Molds Your Teaching – the What, the Why and the How

Filed under General Education Topics by Kristina Peterson on March 20, 2012 at 5:22 am {7 comments}

This week, Kristina Peterson is back with a two part series about reading and writing and how two experiences have influenced hers as a teacher.  You will enjoy these reflective pieces and I encourage you to add your own thoughts too.  First – Writing… ~EMP The Story: Eleven years ago I created a portfolio for [...]

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Teaching is an Art

Filed under Arts Education and Integration, General Education Topics by Kristina Peterson on November 1, 2011 at 4:46 am {2 comments}

Kristina Peterson offers us this beautiful piece on teaching.  Enjoy.  ~EMP …then a different question presented itself: “Am I a good teacher?” And he had to answer, “No, I’m not – not always. For teaching is an art: Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t” (Strafford, The Muses Among Us 2003, 70). Once upon a [...]

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The Creative Process and Revision

Filed under General Education Topics by Kristina Peterson on September 20, 2011 at 4:45 am {one comment}

Kristina Peterson is back to share her insights about writing, specifically revision – an important part of the writing process, a creative process.  To read more from Kristina, visit her author page, by clicking her name.  ~EMP I had the distinct pleasure of taking a writing class this past summer with Tom Romano during which [...]

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One Word

Filed under Arts Education and Integration, General Education Topics by Kristina Peterson on July 8, 2010 at 5:21 am {no comments}

In Elizabeth Gilbert’s New York Times Bestseller, Eat, Pray Love, she and a friend discuss the fact that every city -and every person- has a word. Rome’s is “sex”, the Vatican’s is “power,” New York’s is “achieve” and L.A.’s is “succeed”. When the friend turns to Elizabeth and asks “what is your word” she struggles [...]

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Detachment

Filed under General Education Topics by Kristina Peterson on June 10, 2010 at 6:20 am {no comments}

In a recent yoga class the instructor stressed the importance of detachment in the practice of yoga. She explained that because yoga depends so much upon the effort we are prepared to put into our practice, we need to find ways to constantly detach in order to move more freely into a pose and deeper [...]

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Guest Blogger Kristina Peterson

Filed under General by Kristina Peterson on June 1, 2010 at 3:50 am {no comments}

Kristina A. Peterson is a high school English teacher at Exeter High School in Exeter, New Hampshire. Like many teachers, I was inspired by my own high school English teacher to seek a career in education.  After graduating from York High School in 2001, I pursued a degree in English Literature, with a minor in [...]

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