Breakfast Oatmeal & banana Cherrios or shredded wheat Milk Orange juice Hot tea Gotta get a good start, Mom would say to me. But now I'm a grown up and I choose chocolate. (Not often & sitting here right now it doesn't even seem appealing to me. Nevertheless, it's I love to write day &… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: breakfast.
Month: November 2007
It’s WNW!
It's that time of the week again! Please submit your entries as a comment or by using Mr. Linky. My post can be read here. Ruth's post can be read here.
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WN Entry: Busy
I'm so busy. Busy as a bee. (What does that really mean?) I wanted to write today, but didn't have the time to write in prose, the way I normally do. So here I am sitting here writing this poem so I can say that I wrote today. It's kind of like what kids do… Continue reading WN Entry: Busy
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I Love To Write Day!
Thursday, November 15th, is I LOVE TO WRITE DAY! The goal of I Love to Write Day is "a grassroots effort to have people of all ages practice their writing skills." In honor of this day, how about YOU invite someone to join us for Writer's Notebook Wednesday? They could post on Wednesday .… Continue reading I Love To Write Day!
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writer’s block.
Or is it blogger's block? I don't know what to post . . . and this is quite uncharacteristic for me, which means it is also quite frustrating. Since the title of the blog is TWO Writing Teachers, it's time for me to pull my weight. Angela asked me about my blogging process. . .… Continue reading writer’s block.
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Birthday Poems Instead of Presents
I don't buy gifts. I don't bake cupcakes. I don't create Happy Birthday Certificates. Instead I hand-make a birthday card for each of my students, decorate it with stickers, ribbons, etc. and then attach a birthday poem to it. I think that it makes a nicer gift than anything else I've handed out in the… Continue reading Birthday Poems Instead of Presents
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Peer Conferences
Peer Conferring... it's one of the most important things I think we can teach our students how to do in a Writing Workshop. Hence, I've been doing a lot of thinking about it this morning since my students have one more day of instruction before they begin publishing their personal narratives onto white paper (with… Continue reading Peer Conferences
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Art Appreciation (Picture Books)
I had the opportunity to visit The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts today. For someone who like me, who is obsessed with picture books, spending 90 minutes at this museum on a Sunday afternoon was definitely a treat! There was a big exhibit there on the Spiderwicks, which didn't interest… Continue reading Art Appreciation (Picture Books)
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Revision Toolbox
If there's any book I've turned to over and over again that sits on my bookshelf and DOESN'T collect dust, it's Georgia Heard's The Revision Toolbox: Teaching Techniques That Work, which was published by Heinemann before I even started teaching. I've used it for the past four years to help lift the level of my… Continue reading Revision Toolbox
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Cybils Reminder
Just a reminder to nominate your favorite new book for a Cybil. The voting lasts until November 21st. I'm really looking forward to working with the other members of the Fiction Picture Book Judging Team once the nominations are complete. I know there have been many nominations in all categories... please remember to keep them… Continue reading Cybils Reminder
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Poetry Friday is over at A Wrung Sponge this week.
There are lots of November birthdays in my class this year. In fact 25% of my class was born in the month of November. Therefore, this poem, by Christina Rossetti, kind of struck me today. A Birthday My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like… Continue reading Poetry Friday is over at A Wrung Sponge this week.
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WNW: Who has made an impact on your life and changed the course of it for you?
Who has changed your life? What person or people have made such a huge impact on your life that they've changed the course of it for you? Please write an entry about that in your WN or on your blog and then link us to it by way of Mr. Linky or by posting the… Continue reading WNW: Who has made an impact on your life and changed the course of it for you?
