Category: On Writing
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Prescription
Slice of Life #17 A good word in my life right now, with the Amoxicillin kicking in so that aches and coughs subside. But I encountered prescription in a not so good way this afternoon in writing intervention. I was in a class I hadn’t seen in weeks and back then the teacher was doing…
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Writing Lesson
Slice of Life #5 Matt de la Peña gave a writing workshop for students today and a closing talk with teachers who were at Saturday Seminars with SJ Writing Project. I am documentarian at SJAWP, among my other roles, so I got to spend the morning in Matt’s workshop with kids, and pop in an…
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How Come?
Why do most primary and elementary teachers view “writing a complete sentence” as the gold standard for student writing? Why do kindergarten teachers press emerging writers for complete sentences to the point where they prefer one copied from a chart over one piece of writing by the student that may be comprised of pictures and…
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