In fact, students often think of writing as an act of compliance – follow the teacher’s instruction, receive a passing grade.
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What Comes AFTER Mentor Texts?
My best writing advice for teacher-writers (and my best advice for how to stay in the classroom for the long term) is to write about those problems, issues, and shortcomings that niggle you in the back of your head. Angela Stockman calls them the “pebbles in your teacher shoes.” Instead of a series of beautified […]
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