Week 8: The Seven

 My post this week looks different-- and a little lackluster and too short. Truthfully, I was unable to focus much in anything other than the upcoming three-week block. My symbol for this week was the only thing I was able to focus on apart from unit planning: the seven dialogue papers I scored.

I thought long and hard after we'd finished the dialogue paper scoring on Wednesday. 

Am I doing this right? Why did I think this would be easy for me? Did I miss something? Am I bad at assessing?

Every subsequent paper I assessed made me doubt my ability to assess. I have been planning for this unit I will teach, and I'm hesitating at assessment. This rubric sucks. Will I even be able to assess the students with this? Why don't I get it? 

It is my hope that during these next three weeks, I will be nicer to myself. To push forward. To explore assessment in many ways. To seek help when I need it. To continue trying. I have not forgotten my goal this term. I will make it happen. 

"What I am trying to cultivate is not blind optimism... but radical hope." - Junot Diaz

Dialogue Paper 

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