I saw these classroom expectations handouts a few years ago on Lynda Barry’s The Near-Sighted Monkey Website. I resolved to never give out ordinary classroom eexpectationsuntil I had something to give out as cool as this. I failed at doing that this year so the kids got bupkis.

It’s still a goal of mine. One day…

Her other books What It Is (writing and the artistic creation) and Picture This (drawing and art) are AMAZING, but what really blew me away is her latest book. Sean Z and I bought Syllabus immediately.

Man she is the ultimate example of Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work book.