Short answer essays?

When I was in University, I took a philosophy class. I loved Philosophy. If I could have made a career out of majoring in it, I may have.

One day my professor told us about a student who answered a One Word final exam question in Philosophy with a two word answer.


WHY?

Why not?


This story has stuck with me for over ten years now.

Would you accept a short answer when expecting a long detailed reply?

What about if you asked you students to write a short story?

How short is too short?

How long is too long?

I figure this is why we all use variations of rubrics so students know what we expect to come onto our desks so they get full marks.

Otherwise, we may end up receiving THIS:

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I know none of you would do this:

I found this image online yesterday and posted it to my Facebook account.

I surely hope I have no teacher friends, either personal or virtual, who have ever done what this student suspected and proved true.


But it is funny looking at it as an outsider, but I would be MORTIFIED if I was the teacher in question who had started to read it, and after starting to read the essay decided that this student who always does good work, would do the same quality work as always, and just AWARDED the mark without continuing to read.

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Multiplication made easy

I stumbled across this video on Youtube earlier this week, and today found a great post about using it in the classroom by Rundes Room. Check out her post here on Latice Multiplication.

One of her students work with this cool math:

I've noted this and saved it on my Pinterest account. I hope to be able to teach it someday, have you tried it yet?

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Outside the US Blogging Linky Party

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this linky party today!  Thank you Making it as A Middle School Teacher!

As a Canadian Blogger I absolutely LOVE all the ideas I find from other bloggers, but get frustrated at the lack of Canadian Content I find. 

It's also hard when you see ideas for Thanksgiving AFTER the holiday, and great resources for Remembrance Day, but the printables are labelled as Veterans Day. 

Hopefully this linky will help me find some great quality bloggers who I'll follow ALL of!

I haven't blogged about much in awhile since I don't have a position this year, and my Maternity leave is coming to an end in just a month, but once I'm working again, you can be sure to see ideas I collect again while subbing when my retail job allows, and I'll ask for your prayers as I look for a teaching job for next teaching year.

Happy Blogging to all my new friends!

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