Educators Who Change Our Lives Forever
We were in a 5th grade classroom, working on a unit about narrative writing. Students had just completed personal narratives in which they depicted a challenging moment in their lives. The narratives were surprisingly frank and vulnerable. One student wrote about watching his baby sister being taken...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Libraries
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL |
| Online Access: | https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/4245 |
| Summary: | We were in a 5th grade classroom, working on a unit about narrative writing. Students had just completed personal narratives in which they depicted a challenging moment in their lives. The narratives were surprisingly frank and vulnerable. One student wrote about watching his baby sister being taken to China; another wrote about her dog’s death. These 11-year olds were writing about the most difficult and harrowing experiences of their young lives. I was moved, nearly to tears. |
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| ISSN: | 2689-193X |