"Laura, you might attend the writing conference in August in McAllen? Me, too! I'm from Rio Hondo ISD. What ISD are you from? Hopefully a few more of my colleagues will attend.
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REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE! TEACHING EXPOSITORY WRITING IS A CHALLENGE Formulaic approaches lead to flat, voiceless writing that bores readers, scores at a mediocre level on tests, and drains the passion for writing out of classrooms. Formulaic student writing becomes robotic. For the last 20 years Barry Lane and Gretchen Bernabei have pioneered innovative strategies in teaching expository writing that help all students…See More
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- At 6:07pm on June 4, 2012,
Hilda Flores said… Laura, you might attend the writing conference in August in McAllen? Me, too! I'm from Rio Hondo ISD. What ISD are you from? Hopefully a few more of my colleagues will attend.
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