@SarahMZerwin Sara - love your blog, reflections on teaching AP & NCTE conferences. As a teacher, mentor, department head, & parent, I struggle to reconcile grading like you. Check out a book I used with my pre practicum mentees: Alternatives to Grading Student Writing, by Stephen Tchudi.
Conundrum: There is no better way to understand students than to read their writing, but teachers are given too many students so reading the papers wears them out. Truthfully, I should look forward to reading their papers, but sometimes I am in serious avoidance mode.
Reading Kelly Gallagher’s Best Interest of Students @KellyGToGo has emboldened me and my students to take more risks with our writing. Student Editorial Contest: Write About an Issue That Matters to You via @NYTimes https://t.co/VzUnOt0sEn