Cores 1-4: As many of you know, my wife gave birth to our daughter yesterday. This bundle of joy and miracles is named Isabelle Roux Wilkoff. I have written all about her in my most recent Weekly Authentic. I would like to challenge each of you to discuss and respond …
We can never know what the future holds. For her, or for anyone. She is this thing, bright and new that I can’t quite see the end of. I want to know what she will be at 13, but I never want to stop seeing her at 0. There is …
Core 1: Write-On: Why are beliefs powerful? Discuss and view Belief Statement Essays as genre: Tony Hawk Rick Moody Sarah Adams Harold Taw Explore essays and talk about what makes a belief statement important. Core 2: Write-On: What is your initial reaction when you are attacked (verbally, physically, emotionally)? What …
Cores 1-4: I have been looking a lot at our blogging community. I have read and assessed posts. I have worked hard at making sure that everyone is adding, in his/her own way, to this unique opportunity for expression and authenticity. Over and over, I have been surprised at the …
I love looking for fresh images, ones that I haven’t used before in my writing. The trouble is that cliches are so much easier. I can talk about finding needles in a haystack or being dead as a doornail, but these things lack passion, they lack authenticity. So, I have …
Cores 1-4: Look at the new Authenticity Awards. Talk about AR Awards for First Quarter. Go to the computer lab and ensure that all students have an AR book that they can be excited about reading this quarter.
When I was in high school, I was in Into The Woods. I sang and danced as the Wolf, lecherously hungry for little red riding hood. The whole play was about trying to get the thing you want most, and the more that I think about it, that is what …
Core 1: Play vocabulary basketball to review for unit 7 quiz. Take unit 7 quiz. Do partnered good parts to fulfill quarter 1 requirement. Core 2: Discuss-On: How did you tackle the sesquipedalian paragraph? What is your thought process when you encounter a seemingly impenetrable paragraph? Take a second look …
Cores 1-4: Go over the Authentic Assessment for The Weekly Authentics. Work on Weekly Authentics, Nominating, and Commenting.
Cores 1-4: Talk about the Authenticity Awards for last week. Look at Authentic Assessment for blogs tomorrow. Core 1: Write a paragraph review of this music video. Discuss reviews and sports writing: Does looking at reviews and sports writing as a genre change the way that you think about both? …