The+Anthology+2008+-+Common+Air

The 2008 Junior Anthology was the collection of narratives written after reading __The Grapes of Wrath__. The full assignment and our proceedure for getting drafts from students is available here.

This was a big project and I was fortunate enough to not have a Cookies class to sponsor or teach, so I was able to spend two relatively uninterrupted days reading, proofreading, and commenting on student writing. Using google docs made it relatively fluid. I could comment on a narrative and have the changes and comments that I made available to the student writer and his or her group leader immediately. Not as many students took advantage of the comments and suggestions that I made as I would have liked (though more than I had anticipated), but those who did rewarded me with a real conversation about writing, editing, revision, and proofreading. It was a big job, but not too big and not onerous in any way. I loved the fact that I read every