I hear twitters and giggles behind me as I hurriedly move from student to student for writing conferences. I don’t have time to turn around, I think, working my way between desks. They – and I – always get anxious as we wrap up a genre study. Last-minute questions need answering. Mini-lessons need pointing to. […]
Author: Rebekah O'Dell
Moving Writers … an Invitation
Eight hours before your presentation at NCTE isn’t the time for second guessing. Huddled on a hotel bed, surrounded by a sea of papers, laptops, and California Pizza Kitchen take-out, we debated. Something was missing. After months of polishing the fundamentals, something wasn’t right. Something we couldn’t put our finger on. Some meaning for which […]
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