Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 22 of the March SOLSC #SOL23

BethMooreSchool

Welcome to Day 22! You’re on the home stretch now! My colleagues at Two Writing Teachers and I are right there with you. Each day, as I sit down to write, I think about the hundred or so other teachers, just like me sitting down to write as well. What a wonderful thing, all of us writing together.

INSPIRATION

Music is a way that I generate a lot of ideas for my writing. Today I want to share another song that I connect with and find inspiration from. The story told in this song mirrors my own life–and maybe some of yours. I hope you find an idea to write about in these lyrics.

Matilda, by Harry Styles

You were riding your bike to the sound of “It’s No Big Deal”
And you’re trying to lift off the ground on those old two wheels
Nothing about the way that you were treated ever seemed especially alarming ’til now
So you tie up your hair and you smile like it’s no big deal

You can let it go
You can throw a party full of everyone you know
And not invite your family, ’cause they never showed you love
You don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up, mmh

Matilda, you talk of the pain like it’s all alright
But I know that you feel like a piece of you’s dead inside
You showed me a power that is strong enough to bring sun to the darkest days
It’s none of my business, but it’s just been on my mind

You can let it go
You can throw a party full of everyone you know
And not invite your family, ’cause they never showed you love
You don’t have to be sorry for leaving and growing up

You can see the world, following the seasons
Anywhere you go, you don’t need a reason
‘Cause they never showed you love
You don’t have to be sorry for doing it on your own

You’re just in time, make your tea and your toast
You framed all your posters and dyed your clothes, ooh
You don’t have to go
You don’t have to go home
Oh, there’s a long way to go
I don’t believe that time will change your mind
In other words
I know they won’t hurt you anymore as long as you can let them go

You can let it go
You can throw a party full of everyone you know
You can start a family who will always show you love
You don’t have to be sorry for doing it on your own

You can let it go
You can throw a party full of everyone you know
You can start a family who will always show you love
You don’t have to be sorry, no

Listen to Matilda, by Harry Styles here.

QUESTIONS

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  • INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE
  • If your last name begins with the letters A – C, please email questions to Morgan Davis at medavis8[at]gmail.com.
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Questions about the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge should be directed to one of these co-authors:

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Published by BethMooreSchool

Literacy Coach, Consultant, Author, Graduate Course Instructor, and Mom. Passionate about fostering a love of reading and writing in learners of all ages.

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