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Routine Argument Writing Practices: Using Images to Spark Conversation

March 11, 2020February 15, 2023Kathy Kurtze0

Students enter my classroom, milling about as they retrieve their writing journals from the bin, and make their way to their seats. While a few glance at the image projected on the screen at the front of the room, most ignore it (and me) and focus on each other. It’s a typical day in my […]

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“Show and Tell” Using Peer Templates to Teach an Argument Move

December 2, 2019February 15, 2023Deborah Meister0

My high school juniors sit, gazing at their Chromebook screens as they think about my challenge to “extend” their evidence. I can see and feel the tension, so I know it’s time for “Show and Tell.” Extending is one of the four terms referenced by Joseph Harris in his text, Rewriting: How to Do Things […]

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The College, Career, and Community Writers Program in the Middle School

February 5, 2018February 15, 2023Kathy Kurtze0

The middle school animal is a breed of its own.  Those who work with students in lower or higher grades look at middle-schoolers and shudder.  One can almost hear the audible ‘Ughhhh’ accompanying that shudder.  Middle-schoolers revel in being loud, verbal, and demonstrative in many shapes and forms.  One often wonders if they are teachable […]

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