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Have Your Students Been Drafted?- Using the 11 minute essay to teach expository writing

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Since I talked about timed expository/informational essays on Instagram , there has been some interest in an explanation of what it is, and how and why you should use it. I thought, instead of trying to explain it to each interested teacher, I would just write a post about the technique that has truly changed… Continue reading Have Your Students Been Drafted?- Using the 11 minute essay to teach expository writing

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It Only Takes One Page- Assessing English Students with a One Pager

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How do you assess? Do you go by how much time it takes to grade? Do you make your students write an essay because you need a writing sample for data? Do you give them a project you can glance at, use a rubric, and assign a grade? Full Disclosure Full disclosure- in my 19… Continue reading It Only Takes One Page- Assessing English Students with a One Pager

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You’re So Lucky You Get Summers Off! Wrangling Summer Teacher Guilt

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I'm on a mini-vacay at my dad's house in a small Texas town called Comfort. It's wonderful here because it's out in the country, there are backroads, trees, a river, and really nice people, and I can walk around town without worrying that a student will impinge on my "me time". My dad owns a… Continue reading You’re So Lucky You Get Summers Off! Wrangling Summer Teacher Guilt

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I might be too old for this…- Navigating Social Media Marketing

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  In March of 2017, a colleague told me that I should post something on TPT because it was so great, and she thought other people would want to use it. In her words, "Why not give it a shot?" Fast forward to now. I've been bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, so to speak, and… Continue reading I might be too old for this…- Navigating Social Media Marketing

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Summer Celebration Sale!

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It's officially summer and I am PUMPED! So pumped that my whole TpT store is on sale from June 1st through 4th for 15% off, so if you've had your eye on something, put it in your cart! My best sellers are my STAAR review games. I have two for writing and two for reading,… Continue reading Summer Celebration Sale!