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Pam did a great job on her demo about thinking deeply and learning to read our own writing from someone else’s point of view. She gave us a choice to read two different anchor texts to show us how writing is essential to humanity, and how writing ab…
This reminds me of the draft comments in one of the other documents. Americans humilitated themselves by sending the poor, young, and minorities to do the jobs of war, while the rich, old, and powerful enjoyed the benefits. The voice of the American…
This shows that freedom is not free. These men should have been guaranteed the same rights as everyone else, yet they were continutally asked to jump through the next hoop to prove their loyalty and worthiness of something that was already owed to t…
At first Fallows and his friends are proud of their abilities to avoid being drafted, but the reader can detect the jarring emotions that he suddenly feels when he realizes that someone will be asked to fill his place instead. His initial attidue ma…
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Pam, thanks for your demo!
Pam did a great job on her demo about thinking deeply and learning to read our own writing from someone else’s point of view. She gave us a choice to read two different anchor texts to show us how writing is essential to humanity, and how writing about personal experiences is a natural and needed part of life. The connection between the reader and the writer was examined, but Pam gave us strategies to approach our own writing as if we were a different reader. We practiced this skill by reading o… Continue
Posted on June 22, 2009 at 8:05am —
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- At 8:23pm on June 17, 2009,
Pam Downing said… - I'm sorry I didn't look at this until today, AFTER we had talked about it. I'm still getting used to this ningy thingy...
Anyway, I love it! I think it's perfect, and it will make a great intro to your demo, because it speaks so well about the way that students interpret comments that we think are helpful.
It definitely doesn't suck. Love, Pam
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