Hi, everyone. I really enjoyed the book trailers, too, though I must admit that I'm still somewhat overwhelmed by the technology. Kudos to MarySusan and Lendy for all of their professional expertise!
It was good to re-visit the writing rights and wrongs and to evaluate my own teaching of writing. To be honest, I'm not really teaching adolescent writers, but rather beginner writers who get so frustrated just trying to come up with the words to say. That's why reading is sooo important! Paula and I came up with a strategy of using expert groups to share vignettes in House on Mango Street. Each person in a small group selected a different vignette and created a short PowerPoint presentation with an illustration, some questions, and a vocabulary list to share with the group. I'll definitely do this again, although the logistics need to be refined.
I've found some simple illustrations and examples of building topic sentences, adding support sentences and a concluding sentence just to build a paragraph. A number of students have been pleased with their results. I'm going to hit the "must teach" grammar items (our "green" sheet) briefly when we return from break to help students prepare for their HSAP and the never-ending ELDA tests!
By the way, did you notice that Gallagher doesn't like peer editing (although peer revision is OK)? I'd like to begin righting some "wrongs" - definitely doing more modeling/teaching/writing with my students.
Have a wonderful break!
Nancy R
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