Churchill HS English Teacher📚 CTWP Teacher Consultant 2020 ❤️
San Antonio, TX
Joined August 2013
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I would treat "test writing" as a separate genre, and I would only teach it right before the test. The rest of the year is "real world" writing. If kids write well, they will do fine on the tests. They will not write well if they only do test prep writing.
Student-created questions and answers! I had to find some way to make “test prep” more engaging. Win!!!
Love this class list of craft moves when writing personal evidence! This list was developed from a mentor text we are studying.
Today we did a (virtual) gallery walk sharing our choice books from the 1st semester. What great titles! By the end of class, almost every student had a new read!!
Who says kids aren’t learning this year!? The pandemic hasn’t stopped my students from writing. And growing. These portfolio reflections are 🤩:
Some classes blanked and wrote silly things in the chat box; other classes were on it! This class came up with a great list of author’s style in the info genre & tried out a few techniques in their own essays! 🤩
When you provide students the structure & the space to share their writing with each other, this is what happens! ❤️ exploding!
Today we practiced mindfulness through writing and drawing what we notice in the present moment! Thanks @MovingWriters and @HeathcliffLopez for the idea! #stressfultimes #givestudentsthespacetoprocess
it felt good to bring back sticky note exit tickets today with the in person kids. It was also refreshing to hear them talk about and reflect on their poems with each other.
Today, we revised the opening line of our memoirs by borrowing from the opening line in our choice books, a la
@DunsmoreAllison from Roosevelt ❤️. Check these out!
Started “Bless, Press & Address!” today. Students’ responses ranged from “It made me more confident in my writing...” to “I got more ideas for improvement.” 💯
Celebrating student writing in the drafting phase! I asked them to select a sentence from their memoir draft that made them think, “Daaang that was gooood!”
GROUPS. POWER. FAIRNESS at home, in our country, at school, or in the world. Getting ready for persuasive writing!! @HeathcliffLopez
12 Angry Men: Could the kid on trial really stab his father in the chest considering their height difference? Juror 3 and Juror 8 test it out. #reasonabledoubt
