258 The Explosive ChildRickey: How?
Teacher: Well, maybe Darren would help you write
down your thoughts. You could sort of dictate
your thoughts to him.
Rickey: It’s not worth it. No way.
Teacher: Oh yeah...Isometimes forget you’re
embarrassed about how you spell. Why don’t we
have you and Darren do the assignment as a
team and just make sure he does the writing part?
Rickey: You won’t tell him I can’t spell?
Teacher: Not if you don’t want me to.
Rickey: Darren, let’s do this thing together!Much better. You don’t mind a little feedback, right?
Rickey’s writing and spelling problems are predictable.
Let’s get that problem solved by doing Proactive Plan
B... soon!
Of course, doing Plan B with an individual student is
a whole lot easier if you’re doing Plan B with your entire
classroom. In other words, there’s no down side to using
Plan B with all your students.
It’ll be a whole lot easier if you put some energy into
creating a community of learners. How do you do that?
First, by emphasizing a social curriculum as much as
you do the academic curriculum. Another curriculum?!
Don’t put the book down just yet. Teachers who put a
lot of energy into a social curriculum find that the com-