This year there is more of a focus on differentiation than ever. The idea is that not all of the students need to be doing the same thing at the same time. But how does one make that work in the regular classroom? I have a few ideas: 1. Have students work in centers (stations) In Middle School…
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This year, more than ever, I can see that our middle school students lack some basic essay writing skills. When it came time to determine what they know about essay writing, it was clear that they had had a firm foundation at one point, but had lost many of the bits and pieces along the way bef…
The second quarter is all about informative essay writing and the beginning of our second semester is largely focused on Argumentative Text Analysis and Argumentative Essay Writing in my neck of the woods. I have students from the most capable to the least capable all in one room at one time. …
When I begin our argumentative essay unit in my middle school class, it's usually late January (after we learn how to analyze an argument ) and I always start with a pep talk. First I ask the names of the teams that are going to play in the Super Bowl. Then... Me: "So when the (two te…