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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-b20cc9575eaa4ebfaed26e1f2359e1b82022-12-21T20:47:12ZengColumbia University LibrariesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL2689-193X2019-12-0119210.7916/salt.v19i2.4245Educators Who Change Our Lives ForeverKatharine MurphyWe 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.https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/4245 |
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