“When the cold manacles bit my wrists, I knew this was real; I didn’t run fast enough this time…” Reading Ric’s personal narrative – it was clear he was really writing a personal narrative. I had only been at this
“Tugging” to Impact Student Participation
“I usually feel like a submarine, but that doesn’t work in this class,” said with mixed humor and frustration. My sixth grade class was reading the novel Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt and we were at a point where Dicey, the
Constructed Response Writing Workshop: Learning from and with peers
“Well, we didn’t really address the question too good” – a statement by one of my 3rd graders as his group brought their poster paper to the front of the classroom. Trying to encourage my students to write well-crafted constructed