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Point-Less
An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading
Grade: 6th-12th
Pub Date: 3/31/2020

From the Foreword by Cris Tovani:

“Sarah Zerwin has written the book I desperately needed to help my beliefs about learning match my assessment practices.  In Point-Less, she nudges teachers to consider how traditional forms of grading get in the way of student growth.  Her pioneering ways of marking, collecting, and sharing student work shows teachers how to assess... more

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No More Telling as Teaching
Less Lecture, More Engaged Learning
Grade: 6th-12th
Pub Date: 4/12/2017

Congratulations to Cris Tovani, recipient of ILA's Adolescent Literacy Thought Leader Award 2017!

The truth is, when we rely on lecture in an effort to cover content, we’re doing students a disservice.  Although lecture can be engaging and even useful, lecture alone cannot give kids real opportunities to learn, retain, and transfer the disciplinary... more

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9 Types of Reading Conferences: A Jumping Off Point

The best use of this list would be as a jumping off point for educators to add to, revise, and refine.  A good entry point for making useful personal connections is comparing what characters in books do, think, or feel to what we might do ourselves.... more
Barry Lane: More Kirk, Less Spock

More Kirk, Less Spock by Barry Lane   [dropcap]One[/dropcap] of the great longstanding offenses of boring academic writing instruction is the insistence that good writing begin with a predictable central idea to prove, rather than a question to explore and expand upon.... more
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