Timed writing

Blaine Ray wrote, Having [students] do time writings without editing is an excellent way to assess fluency. I’ve been having my students write for 5 minutes almost every class, usually at the beginning, sometimes at the end. Sometimes I set the topic, but most times I left them free to write whatever they wanted. I [...]

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Keeping track

Image via Wikipedia All new vocab goes on the board. I don’t care if everyone in the class understands and recognizes the item except one person; for that one person, it goes on the board (and I’m sure at least one other person is grateful). I very quickly ran out of room on the board, [...]

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