Today I was observing a teacher of 8th grade language arts during writing. At one point during the lesson, his students were asked to share “bling and brag” from their most recent persuasive pieces. Lo and behold, several students shared examples of hyphenated modifiers and magic threes. These techniques had been introduced during writer’s notebook activities – transfer in action…wow! Kudos to teacher Jeff Morris and his students (and to Janice Malone for her collaboration with them).
~Annette Giaquinto
Sounds like a great lesson. It’s always great to see wonderful teaching in action. Even more great to see wonderful learning like when students share they way it sounds like you had a chance to observe.