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Entries from December 2007

Student Work: Now That’s Creative Writing!

December 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments

My students have to write every day in a journal/planner that I’ve developed for them. Most of the time I don’t care what they write about, as long as they do it. I always give them a prompt in case they can’t think of a topic, but rarely do I require them to [...]

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Tags: Creativity

Because: The New Magic Word

December 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments

. . .but still not as magical as the “P” word (no not “please”, the other one).

We’re in the middle of a unit on persuasion right now. I love this unit because it’s so rich–it’s a great topic from which to teach so many cool things. Yes, students learn persuasive techniques so [...]

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Tags: Teaching

Visitor Leaves Anonymous Comment. Shares Wisdom, Peace.

December 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

You probably wouldn’t know it by reading this blog, but I think I do a lot of reflecting about personal growth and spirituality. I don’t often blog about it because, quite frankly, I really don’t think I have anything new to say about it. In short, I can’t explain stuff like that when [...]

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Tags: Growth