San Marcos Writ Proj

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" Many years ago I was in a conference center room filled with over 100 high school English educators when Carol Jago, former NCTE president and author of many books including With Rigor For All... https://t.co/kDkQuvmmL1

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"Take a moment to think about a recent teaching day. What kinds of activities were your students doing? Perhaps there was a... https://t.co/nHnxp0bBzl

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Is there a way for parents who can’t afford 30 glue sticks to opt out without stigmatizing their child? Here is my list:
Back to school list:
From Deb White https://t.co/s44YItAvIv

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"Warning: This post contains me changing my mind as well as unfinished thoughts. Read on to see what happens when you open your discussion to the expertise of others.
You may... https://t.co/g0CythrZ80

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"Instagram recently surpassed Snapchat as the favorite social media platform for teens. Like most teachers, I read this statistic with an involuntary eye-roll. As if I didn’t know my students were glued to their... https://t.co/IbMpG2i3Ux

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"Recently, an article written by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall entitled, “The Feedback Fallacy” published in the Harvard Business Review caught my attention. One quote from this... https://t.co/b9AYHAhkke

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" Much of the writing we assign our students is public... https://t.co/OZnFX3OCL7

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" Latino children are likely to enter elementary schools this year with fewer white peers than a generation ago, judging by data reported in a new study published today in... https://t.co/rdiBa7iILL

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Teaching is hectic. The combination of precision work and chaos theory can make the school year feel like an attempt to knit a sweater while riding a Tilt-A-Whirl. Most of us collapse... https://t.co/OI6aI1BH5F

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"Several years ago, I was given as a gift a remote session with a bibliotherapist at the London headquarters of the School of Life, which offers innovative courses to help people deal with the... https://t.co/QDQCmT3mfe

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"Sometimes I feel that the writing prompts assign in my middle school English Language Arts classes are too structured, too prescriptive, too bossy.
And then I receive a... https://t.co/aksRycIDte

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" When I was around seven or eight, people often asked me why I was so sad. These people were mostly adults but sometimes children. At that point in my life, I had... https://t.co/1YZglNJ2yF

[San Marcos Writ Proj @SanMarcosWProj]

"For this assignment with a writing class, I brought in large sheets of paper and lots of pens and crayons. We are never too old to draw! The assignment was to draw a map of one place.... https://t.co/eFSjkYIMd7

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" Starting a new school year means new students, new supplies, a newly cleaned and organized classroom—and new technology tools for students. After I spend some time getting to know my students each year, I... https://t.co/HLD4SczjzX

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"Once in a long while a parent will call our school’s office and ask, “How do I enroll my kid at your school?”
Most likely they looked online at a cheesy website that... https://t.co/O45ulLxxGY

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"The Twilight Zone was a television series that first aired in 1959 for five seasons and has had three revivals since then, including this year on... https://t.co/xYkGFi0OMt

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"You have to resign yourself to wasting lots of trees before you write anything really good. That's just how it is. It's like learning an instrument. You've got to be prepared for hitting... https://t.co/qe9FmiMCzu

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Mentor text for the beginning of school. What would your students fill in:
"What is it with you and ____________
if you have to ask, you'll never know."

Jazz You’ll Never Know
by Margaret... https://t.co/P6jOe8Qh13

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"Reading more poetry with my students has been a goal of mine these past few years, and it’s been a goal I feel has been readily achieved with ideas like creating Heart Books or reading novels in verse.
But... https://t.co/ktv8V36a6h

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Bonding with students right from the start: https://t.co/53Gpi3po8C
We all know that students learn best when they have a relationship with... https://t.co/53Gpi3po8C