May 31, 2012

Class, There Is….

We were talking briefly here last week about if teachers signed “there is” to start a story. Today, I polled the DPS writing team (when school ends each year we write and refine assessments all day for ten days) and, of the ten teachers there, only two gestured the expression. Annick Chen puts her left hand flat […]

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Hooters

I recently got this email from a group member: I need to get someone else’s take on what happened to me a few months ago. Some months ago, I was in the middle of a story with my class (Tripp’s Refrigerator story), Charlie Sheen was hungry and looking for some food. He spotted a restaurant

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Word Wall

Update on this post, Aug. 12, 2012. The list below has changed and both shorter and longer Word Wall collections can be found on the resources link of this website, click on posters. The text below is actually from months ago. It’s still a good list, but not as good as the ones on the

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