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Point-Less
An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading
Grade: 6th-12th
Pub Date: 3/31/2020

From the Foreword by Cris Tovani:

“Sarah Zerwin has written the book I desperately needed to help my beliefs about learning match my assessment practices.  In Point-Less, she nudges teachers to consider how traditional forms of grading get in the way of student growth.  Her pioneering ways of marking, collecting, and sharing student work shows teachers how to assess... more

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9 Types of Reading Conferences: A Jumping Off Point

The best use of this list would be as a jumping off point for educators to add to, revise, and refine.  A good entry point for making useful personal connections is comparing what characters in books do, think, or feel to what we might do ourselves.... more
Barry Lane: More Kirk, Less Spock

More Kirk, Less Spock by Barry Lane   [dropcap]One[/dropcap] of the great longstanding offenses of boring academic writing instruction is the insistence that good writing begin with a predictable central idea to prove, rather than a question to explore and expand upon.... more
No More Telling as Teaching
Less Lecture, More Engaged Learning
Grade: 6th-12th
Pub Date: 4/12/2017

Congratulations to Cris Tovani, recipient of ILA's Adolescent Literacy Thought Leader Award 2017!

The truth is, when we rely on lecture in an effort to cover content, we’re doing students a disservice.  Although lecture can be engaging and even useful, lecture alone cannot give kids real opportunities to learn, retain, and transfer the disciplinary... more

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Online PLC: Connecting Point-and-Click Kids to the Power of Novels

Do you incorporate experiences that draw upon both their “point and click” nature as well the human need to take a new perspective and develop empathy?... more

Sarah M. Zerwin is a high school English teacher at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado. In over 20 years in the classroom, she has taught high school in a variety of settings as well as methods courses to college students. A national presenter, Sarah also works with teachers through the Colorado Writing Project. She seeks the best ways to invite her students to read... more
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Zerwin (@SarahZerwin) is a is a high school English teacher at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado and the author of Point-Less: An English Teacher's Guide to More Meaningful Grading.... more
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