Good work, Bonnie. Interestingly, I would suggest you work on varying your sentence structure - which is a weakness you yourself note at the end.

Angie

Also, Bonnie, I am only grading/reading 5 blogs per student. We're still in the first half of the course and you've already done 3 (good work!). I'd suggest you take a break from blogging and focus on the critical review for the next few weeks. Come back and write your last two blogs nearer the end of the course. :-)  -Angie

Okay, Mariam, I've read this now and we're back on track. It's too bad I wouldn't have received it back in September when you wrote it, as the grammar corrections would have been useful for your assignment. Nonetheless, butter late than never. For the most part, it is a clear blog, but you should review your use of commas and semicolons.

For example:

"however"cannot join two words: change the comma here to a semicolon - "I feel confident in both my critical reading and writing skills, however that is not to say that there is not any room for improvement." (comma splice)

This semicolon is misused and creates a fragment (change to comma) - "If there is anything I don't understand or it has not been explained clearly; I will pause and reread or try to take the time to look it up from another source if necessary."

Angie

Jon,

Thanks for sharing this presentation. I wish I had been there to hear in live.

I especially liked the slide "How do you demotivate your students?" What a great question!

I plan on sharing this with my new crop of Sceince teacher candidates.

Also, I am incorporating your extension of Paulsen's Cooperative Freedoms in the papers I am currently writing.