February 11, 2008

Nancy Rollison, thank you for showing us what you did with your students. It is hard to open up to students. I am glad modeling your own writing worked for you and your students. Please keep us updated with what happens with your advocacy.

Had you heard Pink and Say before? What did you think? Would you be able to us all or parts of it with your classes? I gave you the two poems to pair with it, but I am sure you could think of other connections that would work as well. When you are planning for students, always try to give them more than one connection to what is to be learned. The more connections the better!

You all clamored for time to work on your book trailers, so I hope the time I allowed was enough to help you work productively with your group members.

Don't forget to do your reading in Teaching Adolecent Writers.