Taking Stock
May 02
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Despite the fact that today is Lisa’s birthday and there was much celebration including 3 bouquets of flowers, I managed to get my draft ready for this week’s Ideas Section of the Inbox, which will be published tomorrow’s afternoon. This week’s focus is authentic writing instruction. Plus I turned in the May 1 Content Report for ReadWriteThink. In the last 15 days, we added 5 lesson plans, published the June calendar, and revised a lesson to include an interactive (82% of NCTE’s lessons now include an interactive—woohoo!).
With all that work work done, I figured it was time for play work. I fiddled around on BlogShares. I still don’t fully understand, but I managed to buy some of Sordid Blog just the same. Nothing like owning a piece of the Rhetboi.
Once I spent most of my money, I decided it was time to set up a blogroll, even though I hate the word blog. I started using the list that BlogLines sets up, but I wasn’t happy with the layout and I wanted a little more control over the names and such. I ended up starting with their list and then copying it over into an include file. Yeah, I have to do upkeep by hand, but I’m happier with it.
I think I’ve given up on the Technology Profile lesson plan. Perhaps it can be a complex tech writing assignment where students write a technical description. Maybe not. For now, which is really only defined as the next 8 or 9 hours, I’m not going to try to figure it out. I have a lesson I’d like to create about naming. Tons of texts available, and I think I have a cool idea for it. I need to work on a revision of a lesson on Because of Winn-Dixie too, but the book is at the office, so I can get out of that to-do for now.
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Hi, I’m Traci Gardner, known in most circles as Tengrrl. I’ve been exploring and writing about the best ways to teach composition using digital technology for over 20 years. You may have come here because you’re looking for my 
