Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 4 of the March SOLSC #SOL24

Stacey Shubitz
Orange Slice Logo for Slice of Life Story Challenge
Write. Share. Give.
A group of 16 people on a Zoom call smiling at the camera.
It was a pleasure to co-host our first of two Slicer Meet-ups with my colleague, Betsy Hubbard, yesterday morning. Many thanks to Trish for snapping a photo of the group at the end of the hour.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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  • The Two Writing Teachers Podcast drops a new episode every Sunday morning. ICYMI: This week’s episode is all about accommodations! It’s longer than most episodes because it contains accommodation ideas for materials/tools, organization, response, seating, and time. Melanie and I hope this episode will help you create an inclusive, accessible learning environment for all your students.
Listen to the episode by clicking the play button above or stream it wherever you get your podcasts.
Make newer SOLSC participants feel welcome by actively seeking out their blogs.

BE INSPIRED

Molly Hogan‘s slice, “Taken for a Ride,” will put you in full panic mode in the car, riding beside her. Notice how she uses various elaboration techniques to bring the reader into her story.

Writing every day for a month is HARD. Here’s some excellent advice from Jami Attenberg about how to keep going even when you don’t feel your writing is at its best.

Not every day of writing is going to feel successful. In fact, more than a few days may test your spirits because the words didn’t flow effortlessly. Or there were too many distractions (not of your own making, obviously, for you would never) to get any kind of real rhythm going. Or maybe you just didn’t have all the answers right away. Or maybe you had too many answers when you were looking for just one. And to all that I say, you showed up, you did the work just by showing up and sitting there, and it will all pay off someday if you keep showing up. You can sit there feeling bad, with negativity soaring all around you, but I instead offer you this as a shield: it’s just one bad day of writing, and they will not all be like that.

Attenberg, J. (2024). 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round

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For inquiries, kindly email us instead of leaving them in the comments below or on social media. Please direct specific questions to the appropriate co-author.

SOLSC (for individuals):

  • If your last name begins with A-F, email Betsy Hubbard at betsymhubbard[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with G-K, email Jenna Komarin at Jennakomarin[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with L-P, email Lainie Levin at lainlev72[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with Q-U, email Stacey Shubitz at stacey[at]staceyshubitz.com.
  • If your last name begins with V-Z, email Sarah Valter at sarahvalterreads[at]gmail.com.

Classroom SOLSC (for classrooms and students under age 18 with an adult sponsor):

  • If your last name begins with A-L, email Leah Koch at Leah.koch7[at]gmail.com.
  • If your last name begins with M-Z, email Melanie Meehan at meehanmelanie[at]gmail.com.

Published by Stacey Shubitz

I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.

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    1. I tried to leave a comment on your post, but I couldn’t tell whether it worked, so here’s the comment, just in case:

      Well, I was in the band in high school, which was a marching band doing halftime shows during football season. We all wore the same uniform, and so did the cheerleaders. I have not been back to check up on my high school, but I can’t imagine that variety in a uniform is a thing now?

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