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Final Countdown


Yesterday afternoon, I met with the wonderful person with whom I'll be presenting next Sunday at the NCTE (National Conference Teachers of English) Annual Conference.  Even though we are presenting the same information which we presented in Birmingham at the NWP (National Writers Project) Urban Conferences, we spent a couple of hours reformatting and updating our information.  It may not seem like it since it took us two hours, but we tend to work well together.

Tonight, I spent longer than needed making my reserve plans for next Thursday and Friday.  I am lucky to have an amazing teacher in my room for the two days.  Today I informed the students of my upcoming absence.  I also informed them that they "would learn" while I was gone, and with J in my room, they will learn!

I know many people have presented at NCTE, but I'm getting excited about it.  This is new for me, and I think it's kinda cool.  Now, I'm trying to remind myself that  it's OK that we have a Sunday afternoon session, and it will be OK if no one shows up.  After all, I can blame it on the time, and the fact that many will be on their way home.  This is really going to happen!


 Reading the World through Journal Writing:  A Framework to Create Critical Thinking and Empower Students.

 How can we empower students to develop and share their ideas through writing and class discussions on a daily basis? This interactive session will examine how connecting a multi-genre, multi-media response system in journals with a classroom community of learning shifts the role of journals to that of social justice.

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LH said…
I'm not jealous of too much these days, but I'm jealous of your NCTE trip. Your talk sounds v. interesting and I wish I could hear it. Enjoy my birth city.
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