The email from my co-teacher came at 1:30. A writing assignment for our 11th grade ELA class, with a request for scaffolded organizers. An email I didn’t read until just before my 1:57 class.

what are the odds?

another last minute

request

It’s 2:40, and instead of going home, I’m crafting organizers. Simple enough to revise the RACEAS one we already use. A more creative challenge is crafting a new one that incorporates similar structures, but with different names and guiding presentations. It’s that last one that takes the most effort: a sentence-starter organizer.

the glory

of workplace creation

after hours

Of course, the photo-copier jams at the beginning of the second set of copies. Ms. R notices that the machine made copies without toner—a miracle on a par with lamps burning without oil! Shortly after clearing one, another occurs. Then another. & another! One requires the most challenging paper extraction of my 28+ years of education—and Xerox machine unclogging! One last jam as the last copy prints, and at last, I’m done. Save for the stapling.

unalarmed exit

the last of the faculty

to leave

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