Teachers Write 6.27.16

For the next month or so, my posts will be devoted to Teachers Write. To find out more, click here. This summer, in my notebook, I want to start fresh.  I've been keeping three separate notebooks for teaching: one for narrative writing, one for opinion/argument, and one for informational writing, and that's been working really well …

gun violence

Sun shone brightly on the cobbled Church Street marketplace. Street performers called out, the smell of kettle corn wafted by from a food cart, the tinkling of silverware on the plates of outdoor diners at curbside restaurant. Two young people, one young woman, and one dude, both wearing the T-shirt of their organization and super …