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Eyes on the Prize: Growing Student Writers
Correcting student writing got you down? Try some fresh assessment methods for focusing on growth in the high school English classroom.
Correcting student writing got you down? Try some fresh assessment methods for focusing on growth in the high school English classroom.
As we know, 2020 has been the Year of Fear. Let’s move beyond the fear to knowledge, and beyond the knowledge to wisdom. Join me in setting goals for the summer that will impact yourself, your students and your society.
BY: LIZ JORGENSEN “A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.” ― Nelson Mandela ― “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ― Read more…
BY: LIZ JORGENSEN Hey there, happy Sunday! If you followed the advice of the many teacher blogs telling you to relax and take time for self-care over break and are now scrambling for some back-to-school lesson ideas… We got you, sis/bruh. Or, if you’re an impeccably focused and responsible teacher Read more…
Valuing and validating your students’ voices is one of the greatest gifts you can give them. Here are four reasons responding to student journals should become part of your teaching practice.