Presented Six Traits workshop for new teachers today! I think it went swimmingly. Their feedback revealed that I'm not just thinking very highly of myself. I combined some of the Teacher as Writer activities (from SAWP's Open Institute) with Six Traits exercises, including scoring student pieces with a four-point rubric. Teachers wrote when asked and didn't decide to chat with a neighbor... beauty of small groups. We crammed a two-day presentation into three and half hours.
I was able to arrive home in time to see what will be my last mid-day viewing of Las Vegas.

So long, summer.
Later, lounging.
Toodles, two a.m. bedtime
Arrivederci, reading for pleasure
Sayonara, sleeping until ten, eleven

Here we go...