Writing Exam Index

4: Potential genres

1:1: Odds I was giving on 7th grade getting the Response to Literature

75: Percentage of kids who were praying, who were doing so sincerely.

25: Percentage of kids who were praying, who went down on one knee by their desk, crucifix in hand.

2: Kids who wore the "oh-shit" look on their face the entire time

1: Kid who pouted for an hour after I refused to explain, step-by-step, how to respond to the prompt

40+: Kids who aggressively recreated a complex prewriting graphic organizer in the blank prewriting space in their test booklet

52: Kids who wrote with power and strength for the entire testing period.