Sometimes - especially for ELA teachers - the endless grading just becomes too much. Some are major essays and cannot be ignored, of course. Some are quick assignments that give you a good read on where students are - or aren’t - in a particular area and shouldn’t be ignored. Sometimes the assignment must be … Continue reading #14 – ‘April’-ing
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#12 – Letter to My (Your) Future Self
Just about exactly a year ago, on a very similar, magnificent, not-quite-fall Sunday, I spent hours reading and commenting on students' first real writing piece for me: Letter to My Future Self, which was also a letter to me, as a way to get to know them. There were a lot of letters - 67 … Continue reading #12 – Letter to My (Your) Future Self