“"From Me to the World: Bridging Personal Story to Abstract Thought in Student Writing" by katie https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk Think about a time in which a student has struggled to express themselves. Compose a short narrative about this event. Try to take on the perspective of the student, another student, or the teacher. en-us 2018-04-08 14:38:03 UTC 2025-10-22 18:03:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Welcome to Padlet, a digital collaborative bulletin board! Create a post by clicking the plus sign in the bottom corner or double click anywhere on the padlet workspace. Feel free to leave your name or choose to remain anonymous. Use the three dots to edit your post once entered. kgn2109 https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk/wish/249537931 2018-04-08 14:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk/wish/249537931 In a writing class I had a student who was an aspiring rap artist. He loved writing his music but was convinced that my class could offer him nothing. He completely shut down and did none of the work that semester. No matter how many times I told him that he was free to explore any type of writing that was meaningful to him, he was convinced that I was against him. Perhaps we both had difficulty expressing ourselves. We didn't literally speak different languages, but in a way- I guess we did. https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk/wish/257455810 2018-05-02 21:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk/wish/257455810 rav5tccolumbiaedu1 https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk/wish/257462538 Whenever I asked Moises to write anything, it would take him far too long, in my first-year-teacher -opinion, to get anything on paper.  He wrote each letter as if he were carving it into stone. I had piles of his empty handouts and loose leaf with his name on it. One day, I got so frustrated with waiting to get words on paper, I gave  up. "Let's just talk," I said.
Moises was describing a character's development, and he was so excited he got out of his seat.  "At first, she was like this," he said, hunched over.  "And then like this," he said, standing up a little taller. "And at the end, like this," he said standing straight.
He didn't write, but it was a very sophisticated character analysis.]]> 2018-05-02 22:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kgn2109/vq95jq8cwnwk/wish/257462538