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Put An End to the Dread of Grading Essays!!
Traditional grading methods are for the BIRDS for so many reasons! First, no matter how many comments we manage to…
Read issue →Grading Essays Roulette Style
Pretty much ever since the one-room schoolhouse, ELA teachers have by and large strictly adhered to using the…
Read issue →1980s Lyrics: Developing New Critical & De-constructive Reads
Every time I drive to the eastern shore of Maryland to visit my grandson, I get a head full of lesson plans and creative…
Read issue →How Would Bob Ross Grade 126 Essays?
Within the traditional grading paradigm, 99.9% of the onus is placed squarely on the teacher's shoulders. Above and…
Read issue →Part II: Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero"
When my AP Language students heard that my AP Literature students were writing a literary analysis of Taylor Swift's…
Read issue →Taylor Swift's "Anti-Hero" Writing Workshop
One of my go-to mantras this year is this ... Give the kids what they want! I have a ton of students who could talk…
Read issue →Grading Essays Is For the Birds!!
Today I’d like to share with you an alternative grading method that could afford you the opportunity to grade a class…
Read issue →Surefire Way to Ensure a Clear Line of Reasoning
In reading children's stories to my grandson, something occurred to me There are a ton of children's books that adhere…
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