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wonderfarm

the dictation project

why take dictation from kids?

getting started with taking dictation

what a dictation session might look like

on dictation and self-expression

they don’t all want to tell a story

grammar as terror; grammar as tool

thinking like a writer

glitches along the way

using dictation with older kids

and a later, related post: how’s this for a title: prefrontal cortexes, the fourth grade slump and writing

 

 

 

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    pbzaballosPatricia Zaballos@pbzaballos·
    24 Feb

    Words matter.
    Words matter.
    Words matter.

    *huge exhale*

    via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/24/us/politics/language-government-biden-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare

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    pbzaballosPatricia Zaballos@pbzaballos·
    22 Feb

    Ooh! For a few years I’ve been keeping a list of the writers I want for the anthology that I hope to edit one day because it doesn’t exist in the world and it needs to.

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