A Picture is Worth Some Funny Words
May 21st 2009 A few weeks ago, I had my 9th graders write a dialogue in which they and their partner describe what is happening in a photo. After they write it, I go around the room and they stand and perform the dialogue for me. I chose a photo from my best friend's wedding last summer in which she and her husband were sitting in a horse-drawn carriage enroute to the church. I told my students nothing about
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