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Part I


I'm choosing Part I for this post because they'll inevitably be a Part II.  Tonight I've been doing laundry and working on revising my next writing unit.  It's taking a long time because I keep changing the timeline.  When I change the timeline, I need to change the notebook file.  I know I should do the timeline first, but sometimes planning like writing is a fluid process.

Did I mention I'm also doing laundry?  My planning is also interrupted by laundry.  Realizing my second load had been in the washer for a long time, I went down to put the clothes in the dryer.  Unfortunately, the washer is full of water.  I did have an alternate plan for the wet clothes, but it's best that I don't discuss it.  In all reality, it's a plugged drain hose or pump.  Perhaps it's a bad pump.  It doesn't really matter because it will probably cost $100 to get someone to come out.  I've done all I can to alleviate the problem, but my washer is still full of water.  Tomorrow I will go buy a new washer and perhaps a new dryer.

Why do I spend many of my weekends grading?  Today I sat at the front of the room with a couple minutes remaining in each class.  In our school, we are encouraged to wear our college gear on Friday, and I'm always a fan of sporting my ISU sweatshirt.  "Tomorrow night at 8:00 Iowa State plays Kansas.  Iowa State is rated 11, and Kansas is in the top ten.  Why am I telling you this?"

"So we cheer for Iowa State?" asked several students.
"Of course you'll cheer for Iowa Sate.  Why else am I telling you this?"  Most if not all faces at this point are blank and/or perplexed.  "I'm telling you this because I plan to start grading your papers during the game.  Actually, pre-game will probably start at 7:00, so you'll want to have this writing complete by 7:00 tomorrow.  It's not due at the end of the hour.  You have until 7:00 pm tomorrow."  We'll see who takes advantage of the extra time.

Go Cyclones!

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LH said…
I hope they send the papers your way.

Do you use google drive for turning in papers? I've started this halfheartedly.

Go IOWA STATE!
Go Bachelor!
7:31 AM
mm said…
LH- I use Google drive and Doctopus for the writing papers I grade because I like having ownership of the doc with 7th graders. I use Google Classroom with papers I don't care about as much. Google Classroom is easier for the students to keep docs organized. It's also easy to quite easy for teachers. I'd say Google Classroom would be amazing in Thirdland.
8:32 AM
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