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Month: July 2007
Getting Started: Creating CWPs
Heinemann just published a lovely series of three booklets by Jim Vopat entitled Micro Lessons in Writing. I am so excited about infusing these micro lessons into my classroom, starting with some of the ideas presented in the first of the three booklets, Big Ideas for Getting Started. In fact, I loved one of the… Continue reading Getting Started: Creating CWPs
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My Writing Workshop Bookshelf
I've unpacked nearly all of my boxes. While I know a few of my titles are missing, I just wanted to share my Writing Workshop Professional Bookshelf. Some of my favorite titles are in here, though some are also missing (e.g., I cannot locate Book #4, 5, & 6 of Lucy's Series of books on… Continue reading My Writing Workshop Bookshelf
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POETRY FRIDAY: On Turning Ten
I'm still in my Billy Collins Poetry Kick. Here's one that purely captures the essence of making it into the double digits of life! On Turning Ten The whole idea of it makes me feel like I'm coming down with something, something worse than any stomach ache or the headaches I get from reading in… Continue reading POETRY FRIDAY: On Turning Ten
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My Last Day in New York City
It rained today. Hard. Really, really hard. I had to run the windshield wipers on the highest setting just so I could see out. Hence, I didn't do everything I had hoped to do today. I actually went to H&H on the Upper East Side this afternoon for lunch. However, it was raining so hard… Continue reading My Last Day in New York City
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WN Entry: Moving
Right now I feel like the young girl (actually Patricia MacLachlan) in Maclachlan's Memoir What You Know First. I'm preparing for a move from one east coast city to another and it feel so enormous and huge. My boxes are stacked up throughout my apartment leaving little room for me to walk. There is an… Continue reading WN Entry: Moving
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Strategy: Use photos to tell a story
I often have my students bring in photographs of them at special times in their lives in order to help them spark their memory (and write a small moment story.) I discourage them from bringing in posed family portraits since, unless you got into a fist-fight with your little sister before the snapshot at Sears,… Continue reading Strategy: Use photos to tell a story
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WN Entry: Fireflies
I stepped out of the car in New Jersey last night. Home sweet home, I thought. I was coming home to my parents' house for two nights. I slammed the passenger door to shut and was about to walk into the house when I saw a spot of yellow light flicker on and off. What… Continue reading WN Entry: Fireflies
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Poetry Friday: Credo (A poem about love)
Credo I believe there is something else entirely going on but no single person can ever know it, so we fall in love. It could also be true that what we use everyday to open cans was something much nobler, that we'll never recognize. I believe the woman sleeping beside me doesn't care about what's… Continue reading Poetry Friday: Credo (A poem about love)
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titles.
Found this fun blog post which gives great tips for writing titles. Have fun checking it out: The Sexy Art of Writing Headlines That Kill. (I can envision focus lessons for many different levels with this one.)
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capturing life.
My husband had left for 14 days for Peru, South America. During the time he was gone, I tenaciously captured our life through photos and blog posts. My son and I didn't do anything out of the ordinary -- simply lived life. I've been reminded that all of this simple living adds up to big meaning.… Continue reading capturing life.
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Looking at Your Place: Making a Memory (WN Entry)
Everyone who attended George Ella Lyon's Session on Saturday Morning had the opportunity to make a memory after thinking about a drawing a floor plan of a home they've lived in. I went through the entire first floor of my parents' house and listed one memory from each of those places, including the garage and… Continue reading Looking at Your Place: Making a Memory (WN Entry)
