Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

03.06.18 Ashley LaGrassa: How Formative Writing Built Buy-In and Engagement

TLAC Fellow Ashley LaGrassa, an 8th grade English teacher at Rochester Prep has spent much of this year studying writing in the classroom with us. One of the topics we’ve talked about quite a bit is the synergy between formative and summative writing. Summative writing asks students to write a final response, to have an opinion…