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Slice of life: the zone

8/15/2017

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It is last period on a rainy Friday. I am teaching a 10th grade reading class. Not an English class, a reading class. It is a dream come true for this inner city high school teacher. The class is quiet. We are in what Nancy Atwell would call “The Zone.” I am being observed by my principal. The bell rings and the voice on the overhead says please prepare for your afternoon announcements. All of us… the students, me and even my principal (she brought a book to the class because she knew we did Reading Zone) snap to attention, look around to make sure we were not the only ones that forgot time and space….remember we were in The Zone.

I look up at my principal.
Shoot- I think… I got too into my book that I forgot my closure portion of the class.
She is laughing with some girls in the back. She was in The Zone too.

Marquis, a student known to the front office for being a pest in class ,lowers his book, his feet still on the chair in front of him. He looks at me and  says “ Miss, Imma be like this all weekend.” The class laughs. Totally worth missing closure portion of my class even during an observation!
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Diana Marc-Aurele
8/15/2017 05:02:07 pm

Sounds like the perfect Friday afternoon and launch into the weekend! How awesome that your students (and administrator) are getting into the zone!

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Kate and Ang
8/17/2017 04:31:38 pm

It was! Wish more HS students had this opportunity regularly.

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    Your go-to gal for Elementary topics. Literacy Coach & former 4th grade teacher. Loves the workshop model & Responsive Classroom.

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