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Grammar, A Debate We Will Have Forever

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

All summer I have been writing in some capacity. I will be the first to admit, I struggle with grammar from time to time, but who doesn’t?  Grammar has been a perplexing issue for language arts/English teachers for year and … Continue reading →

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CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #4

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

With the final day of middle school writing tech in the books as of yesterday, I can officially say it was a huge success.  I would have completed this post yesterday, but I needed to catch up on some much … Continue reading →

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CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #3

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Day 3 of writing tech camp is in the books!  My how time will fly.  We spent the first half of the day doing our writing marathon.  For those of you who are not familiar with the National Writing Project … Continue reading →

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CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #2

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

With our second day of middle school tech writing camp complete, I am no doubt more fired up about the campers and their writing, but I am also exhausted.  Today was a huge poetry day along with tying up some … Continue reading →

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Measuring Growth in a Language Arts Student

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

As my second week of summer vacation comes to an end, I find myself scratching my head and wondering where the summer is going so quickly. Ahhh, such is life. Right now I can’t help thinking about measuring the growth … Continue reading →

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Writing Reflections

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

On Thursday of this past week I asked my 8th graders to reflect back on their writing they have done this year.   Earlier in the week as I was developing my lesson plans I began to really think about … Continue reading →

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Another Possible Use for Cell Phones

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

It is no secret that I am working on a book about cell phones.  I will not go into a lot of details because I don’t want to give anything away.  When one writes informational text, there is a certain … Continue reading →

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Letting My Students See Me Struggle

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

It has been some time since my last post and I apologize to my readers. Fortunately, I have been working on other writing that can benefit me professionally. Today dealing with 21st century learners can be a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Writing Across the Curriculum with the Common Core

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

I don’t teach writing because I have to, I teach writing because it is a passion. It is a passion that was reignited in me after attending the Chippewa River Writing Project’s summer institute in 2010. Now, I can’t stop writing or … Continue reading →

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Academic Rigor and Common Core Resources

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

For the past several weeks I have been working on creating a curriculum map for my 7th/8th grade language arts classes.  As a staff, my colleagues and I felt this was important to put into place what and how we … Continue reading →

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