Fear is a Cow

"After spending years grappling with self-doubt and difficult relationships — and smoking what he called “Snoop Dogg volumes of weed” from middle school until his 20s — he learned he had ADHD and dyslexia, two diagnoses that often overlap. He was 37."

Revising Worksheets

The goal of the photographed worksheets was to (1) document the dialogue students create for the character and (2) support students practice of describing emotions expressed through the body or face. The first draft of the worksheet (left) was drastically different than the second draft (right). The latter was more focused on accomplishing the objective, the former assigned work to students I wasn't even assessing.

Read more about the differences below.

"Don't listen to her," she thought she whispered to her friend. We were rehearsing for their musical when I told her and her friends to be quiet and listen to the teacher. She rolled her eyes. Earlier during the class she told she didn't have to listen to me because I don't talk to her. She's right, I hadn't spoke to her, directly, because she wasn't in a class that I was responsible for. And now she was. "Don't listen to her." Her and two friends did their best to ignore my instruction, but they also wanted to learn the song for their musical, so they quieted down. Towards the end of class, I called each member of their group by name and thanked them listening to the teacher. Then I complimented the leader for singing well--she did have a nice voice.