Hi Tena, How are you? It's been a long time since I've posted. I've been dealing with some personal/professional issues. My professional life has gone through many changes since we met at Bowdoin. Our district is a mess right now and they are moving teachers around like pieces on a chess board, very distressing to say the least.
In the past 5 years I have gone from Staff Developer, to LA 7th and 8th grade, Remedial Reading, Social Development/Remedial Reading, Read 180 Teacher. After facing a potential new move to sixth grade last year, I decided to transfer out of my building which was very difficult for me as I had invested much time and energy in it's formation and development. But, sometimes change is the only way so I transferred to a new school which was a total disaster. Fortunately, I was able to find a new position in another school which is a bit better. The distressing fact is that urban education is a mess and getting worse. Let's hope that our new leader, Obama, can help make some positive changes before I retire. I hope all is well with you in Maine. Would you share your templates with me as I would like to share them with my new 7-8 grade team? I am the currently the Read 180 teacher on the team working with way too many students. One thing at a time though. Right now I am enjoying the fact that I was able to remove myself from a toxic situation and into a more balanced situation. Alice Cortigiano John Martinez Magnet School -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of TLP Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:57 PM To: A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades. Subject: Re: [LIT] possible writing resource Bill, I have some great templates that I created for various levels of writers involving literary analysis. Of course there are at school and I am on Feb break ( 20+ hours at the darn pharmacy though!) I am going in to school one day this week to get some work done and I will send them your way to peruse Tena On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Bill IVEY <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > My students are preparing to write their first literary analysis essay of > the year. I have developed a sheet explaining the process, and I will be > writing a mentor essay. I am going to make those available to my students > on a wiki which they may view but not modify. When they develop their > assessment sheet, I will post that as well. > > I was wondering whether there are people here who would be interested in > developing this idea more deeply to be used as a common resource for > ourselves and for our students. I would be happy to explore this idea if > people are interested. > > Have a great weekend! > > Take care, > Bill Ivey > Stoneleigh-Burnham School > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
