Nearly all of my students turned-in the first drafts of their personal essays today so that they could get my feedback. Awesome, right? YEP!
The only thing is that they’re huge in length! Some of them really linked a LOT of patches of thought together… imagine how long they’ll be once they start adding transition words tomorrow!??!?! I think some cutting might be in order. Unless, of course, all of their reasons strongly support the topic sentences for each paragraph, which in-turn, support their thesis statements.
Okay, off to read ’em.
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I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).
I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.
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TWO WRITING TEACHERS 
It sounds like you have a long night of essay reading. What a wonderful problem to have, isn’t it? Too much writing! Ahhh!!! Enjoy.
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Okay…so just want to wish you both lots of luck at the conference! Remember…if you get nervous, just picture the listeners in their underwear! 🙂 Okay…maybe not. You might begin laughing!
Ruth…can’t wait to hear how it goes for you!
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