Every year I do conferences I am struck by what a useful practice it is. I learned many things about my students today, including that they are not bogged down by what I saw as messiness last week: several mentioned (unprompted) how last week's classes helped them think about writing. Phew (so far).
Several students were so relieved that we were having a nice conversation about writing that they shook my hand or thanked me after the conference (they said they had been really nervous).
Things that came up in conversations today: drafting strategies, reading strategies for difficult texts, outlining from drafts, MLA citation, keeping a calendar.
More meetings tomorrow . . .
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