I never got in here Friday. Mondays and Fridays are the hardest days for me, and I'm always tired at the end of them. Friday we had continued improvement with adverbs, which is a good thing. However, on a different note, we had an unexpected request for students school wide to respond in writing to something which had occurred on Wednesday. I still seem unable to convey to some students that there are margins all the way around a piece of paper, including the floating right margin. So, though we are making progress in some areas, that one still needs some work. I can't help but think of the scene in A Christmas Story when the teacher is grading essays, or should I say "themes," about what students want for Christmas, and she marks many with an F and laments the lack of margin use. At least I am not alone in this, even if it's just an issue in a favorite movie.
GW
