Student+Work

Now available! Monett 8th graders book of essays. //**When I Was Four: The Evolution of My Thinking.**// Preview the book online.

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Teacher's comment after the students paired up to talk about each other's essays: //"Peer revision brings out leadership qualities in my students. It was so great to hear C professionally compliment a poorer student. The praise was sincere and the help was motivating. I loved seeing the look on M___'s face as he heard the praise. When it was his turn to conference, he matched the professionalism word for word.// //It was beautiful." //

The following essays were written in DeAnn Crawford's 8th grade classroom using a text structure from //Reviving the Essay//. Alexia's Evolution of a Term Essay Group One Evolution of a Term Group Two Evolution of a Term

Student comments about text structure:
Text structures made me understand essays more. Shay I used to think essays were long and boring, but now they are fun because text structure gets me into the essay. Dalton I used to think I could write an okay essay. Now I believe I can write a great essay. Cody I now think I'm more advanced in writing. Danny I used to hate writing but when I learned about text structure I then started to LOVE writing. I'm proud of my piece. Garrett I liked my old structure better. I used to think essays were a monotonous assignment that I could never get right. Then I tried using text structures. Now essays don't take nearly as long to write, and they turn out better. Lane