I write because it is what I must do to feel like a person who has an impact on the world around her, and I believe that if we can give our students that feeling of empowerment and ownership through writing of their own world, then we will have given them and their world a gift of truth through the prism of perspectives.
draw a picture of a log and a rabbit on the board, and place the rabbit at different positions in relation to the log. This would draw out the use of prepositions. For example, "The rabbit is on the log." It sounded like a sensible approach.
synthesis, the ability to cut to the essence of an idea or concept and communicate in an effective, succinct, compelling manner.
For teachers, the key is how to get the learning to spill out of the classroom and continue the conversation.