Grammar Boot Camp Launch

by Alice Nine |

Teaching grammar for the sake of reading and writing. Attend a free Launch Session for GRAMMAR BOOT CAMP brought to you by ALICE NINE ACADEMY – your place for blended classroom instruction – As one teacher put it, “It’s like having Alice Nine...

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs

by Alice Nine |

Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™. Did you know?  50% of the 4th grade STAAR Writing score is based on editing. OPEN enrollment. El Paso, TX. IF YOU MISSED THIS SESSION, check out the next session on November 29, 2018. It is easy to enroll: View / print flyer and...

The Comparative Sentence

by Alice Nine | A9 Journal | 23 comments

Slice of Life. There are days when the whole doesn’t divide easily. It seems impossible to cut neatly between the minutes and slide out a slice. Like a yeast roll it tears apart, or like a flaky biscuit it crumbles.  My present days are like that. I’m in...

My PD Journals, Part 2

by Alice Nine | A9 Journal | 12 comments

March Slice of Life No. 29. In My PD Journals, Part 1, I share about the notebook I create when planning a workshop and another notebook I create during and after the workshop.  In the comments of that post, I was asked, “How do you use them once the workshops...

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs

by Alice Nine |

Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™. 50% of the 4th grade STAAR Writing score is based on editing. OPEN enrollment. View / print flyer and registration form. El Paso, Texas. It’s called SNIPPETY because it is grammar in snippets for Mini-lessons and anchor charts…...

Sneak a Peek

by Alice Nine | Literacy | 0 comments

Take a peek inside my notebook that I use for my Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs workshop . . . Visit Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs on my Calendar.   Take a peek inside my notebook that I use for my Writing STAAR Essays workshop . . . Visit Writing STAAR Essays...