August 29, 2007
Years ago at a language arts in-service training, one of the presenters showed us a game called “Write It!”. I used it a few times, tweaked it a bit, and now its one of my favorite writing activities … and my students’ too.
Because note writing in class between students is usually about spreading rumors or setting up a fight or other negative issue, and makes paying attention or staying on task problematic, I have a strict rule against note writing … unless we’re playing “Write It!”
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August 29, 2007
Like him or not, what Barack Obama did yesterday, in my opinion at least, epitomizes what we need our next president to be, namely a teacher. Agree with him or not, can there be any doubt that anyone listening to that speech yesterday is not thinking harder and more expansively about race in this country and in our lives today? Trust him or not, is there any question that he articulated a real truth about the state of race relations from both a black and a white perspective?
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