Quotes of the week (from an earlier Facebook posting):
"Mr. Michael, I want to be a writer when I get older. Could you please grade my essays harshly? I want good feedback." Students were writing personal narratives (vignettes) in our writing class.
"Mr. Michael, is it okay if I write two poems instead of one?" We were writing acrostic poems and I asked students to use vocabulary words from the Cultural Studies class (ancient history) that I also teach. There are some great poems that I might share a bit later.
"Mr. Michael, can I answer the review questions at the end of the chapter even though they weren't assigned?" Of course! It's a different world. This, in fact, is more common than it might seem. I've caught students not listening to me in class because they're answering chapter review questions which I rarely assign anyway. I guess it could be worse.
"Mr. Michael, I want to be a writer when I get older. Could you please grade my essays harshly? I want good feedback." Students were writing personal narratives (vignettes) in our writing class.
"Mr. Michael, is it okay if I write two poems instead of one?" We were writing acrostic poems and I asked students to use vocabulary words from the Cultural Studies class (ancient history) that I also teach. There are some great poems that I might share a bit later.
"Mr. Michael, can I answer the review questions at the end of the chapter even though they weren't assigned?" Of course! It's a different world. This, in fact, is more common than it might seem. I've caught students not listening to me in class because they're answering chapter review questions which I rarely assign anyway. I guess it could be worse.
"Mr. Michael, would it be alright if I used my iPhone in class so I can take a picture of the assignment so I don't have to take the book home." Yeah, that would be just fine. Good thinking!
I had one of those moments this week. "Ms. Thaler, I accidentally answered one of the questions in a complete sentence when you said we didn't have to. [Look of deep concern]." I'm always tempted to respond to those kinds of things with "You're fired!" But I usually refrain from doing so.
ReplyDeleteYes, isn't that funny. Like, "Is it okay if we write our poem from the viewpoint of Mesopotamian villager." Go for it!
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