I've been taking Barry Lane's After the End to collaborations and workshops because his humor and practical advice speak to so many of us. I especially love to do a read aloud of his chapter (at least the first couple of pages) "Don't Fix My Story, Just Listen To Me" because most teachers start nodding their heads and chuckling because so many of us have dragged student papers home only to cart them back to school ungraded...and the best part is the realization that this isn't the most effective use of teacher time since there is little learning for students in all that time teachers spend marking up papers.
So...this year I've been able to make great use of his new book But How Do You Teach Writing? He includes simple, easy to implement writing exercises that we can use in our collaborations, and then teachers can take them back into their own classrooms and have a model to share.
In the process of digging around online, I also discovered a site with additional workshop ideas. Truly, these are all fun, and I don't know about you, but I'm all about finding some joy to spread!
If you have a few minutes, visit UTube and type in Barry Lane. There are a number of videos you could share at your collaborations, and fun or not(they are hysterical), the message rings true.
By the way, I love the fact that he still writes about his fourth grade teacher. I'll try to upload that clip here as well. Enjoy!
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Thank you so much for the Barry Lane info. Great ideas. How did you think to even look for him on utube?? I loved the Saturday morning clip. I am assuming I can put that on my flash drive? I'll have to figure that out.
Where are you next week?
Hi! Let's see...Monday I'm in Monday I'm in Seneca. Tuesday I'm in St. James, and Thursday I'm in Hollister. You? By the way, yes, you can download the video onto your computer and then save it to your flash. If UTube is blocked in your school, you won't be able to access it. I don't have a burner on my old computer, but if I did, I'd just burn it to a disk! (I'll bet you have that on your laptop!)
You're right - I can burn it to a disc. I think I did get several on my flash drive though. I loved the one about the rainbow but that one wouldn't download and I don't know why.
Hope you had a good week.
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