Teaching One Moment at a Time

Disruption and Repair in the Classroom

Looks at how the relationship between a teacher and student provides the basis for effective teaching in the writing classroom.

you will be my teacher." Her smile results, perhaps, from her sense of what I am
communicating to her: "You are my very first group of students. I am your teacher.
I am looking forward to working together." I feel my legs and shoulders begin to
relax, and for a moment I gain access to the excitement about teaching that I had
nurtured for years. The student's warm smile gives me a surge of confidence. I
will now shape fifty minutes of time in this classroom into something that my
students ...