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October 23, 2017October 22, 2017Rebekah O'Dell

Managing Independent Writing

I love a giant leap. A big swing. I want to tell you that I carefully research, weigh, and plan each and every instructional decision that rolls forth from my desk. But I don’t. More often than not, I don’t think all that much.  I come up with a wild “What if?”, jump, and see […]

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March 25, 2016April 19, 2016Rebekah O'Dell

Books That Move Us: Independent Writing by Colleen Cruz

This past fall at NCTE, I think startled Colleen Cruz when I gasped and, like a true fangirl, exclaimed, “Ohmygosh! Independent Writing! I read it on the plane! That book is major. REALLY major.” She was completely lovely to me but probably surprised to hear me raving about one of her older titles. I picked […]

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