Just keep working…
Just stay focused and finish…
Why do I have to give tests?
I’d rather be slicing my life.
I’d rather be posting my students’ slices,
Which is what I keep sneaking away to do.
Procrastinating this:
“Writing” tests with compound predicates,
compound subjects, compound sentences.
Tests don’t help my students write better.
The Slice of Life does, thankfully…http://krebs.edublogs.org/
definitely! ❤ the image of sneaking away to slice and the very clear message about a major why of procrastination.
Amen!
So excited that your students have this to add to their writing journeys – and which are they going to remember? Testing or speaking their minds? I cannot wait to introduce slicing to my seventh graders this week.
Thanks for the Slice of Life/Parte de la vida connection! I am now seriously thinking on doing a blog with my first graders to promote translanguaging 🙂
I love that imagine of you and your class sneaking out to the local library, finding that comfy place, and just writing. That just might be a slice itself! 🙂
Thanks for sharing this great slice with us!
And I’m glad to see you back writing too! 🙂
Yup- struggling with the must do list when you really want the can do (and better for you) list is hard! I keep writing about procrastinating too! You are right, the real “test” is in the real writing.
It’s so true. Writing teaches us about: reading, grammar, vocabulary, critical thinking, and so much more!
Thank you, all, for reading and joining me and encouraging me in this procrastinating journey! I hope I can keep it up. I keep getting deeper in the hole each day.
Denise