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By J
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I also feel you would have handled this correctly. I have had students write things like this in the past and first I pull them aside and acknowledge their idea with something like "This is an interesting thought, why did| you write it?" It may be that this kid thought Ms. Swamp was so scary (like his real teacher) that this was his descriptive way of writing the students would be extremely scared. If so you could redirect him to say it differently and give a lesson on word choice. If the student answered, "I thought it would be funny!" (which is probably the case), you could give the not appropriate |
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speech and then add, "If the president, our principal or your parents were to read it on our wall, do you think they would think it was your best thought?" This has worked for me each time!Good luck the rest of the year!
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