Pretend it's still yesterday

This is the entry I would have written last night if I had taken the time away from grading to do it.

The three most overused phrases in my world--when I'm involved in a crazy quantity of grading:

• Use text support!
• Direct quotes are preferable to a paraphrase.
• No thesis statement

I guess I know what I should be focusing on as we proceed with the second half of the school year. And this is just the short list.