anyway...
these past couple weeks have taught me why i'm a teacher. i've seen so many incredible things come from such young kids. kids that i thought weren't paying a lick of attention to anything i've said for the past two months have really started shining as we've been getting our narratives ready to publish. they are writing with such craft and command of the english language- skills i don't think i had until mrs. bakke taught me how to really write in 10th grade. they are unsatisfied and bored when reading a book alone or listening to a read aloud if an author uses "said" too many times in dialogue. in fact, using it more than once is enough to make a few of them list at least 10 other verbs of vocalization the author could have replaced that dreaded word with. could it be that i'm doing something right? that something i'm saying is actually getting through to them?
stay tuned for something completely different...perhaps a sampling of personal narratives in a polished state? we shall see...
