My daughter shook a paper in front my face, with her other hand on her hip she said, "I lost points because she [the teacher] said I have to add more details. How do you add more details to this?" I looked at her paper. At the top of the worksheet she wrote each of… Continue reading What does she mean add details?
Author: Ruth Ayres
Unhurried. Finding the magic in the middle of living. Capturing a life of ridiculous grace + raw stories.
Slice of Life
Link your Slice here. Happy writing!
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From the Past: Gearing up for a Classroom SOLS Challenge
In February 2009, Stacey wrote this post about bringing the Slice of Life Challenge into the classroom. Check it out for some of her ideas, including an announcement sent home with students explaining the challenge. If you are a classroom teacher, you may want to bring the challenge into your classroom. Kids don't have to… Continue reading From the Past: Gearing up for a Classroom SOLS Challenge
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Sundays for the Soul: A Challenge!
The Annual Slice of Life Challenge is coming soon! In March, we challenge you to write. Every. Single. Day. I know it's not easy to write, post, and link every single day in the month of March. That's why it is a challenge. Still, Slice of Life Challenge is good for the soul because: Writing… Continue reading Sundays for the Soul: A Challenge!
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Words That are Speaking to Me
Doing the really challenging work of teaching writing can be so lonely when, day in and day out, you seem to be making things more complicated for yourself while everyone around you is doing stuff that just seems, well, so much easier. ---Katie Wood Ray
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From the Past: Keep Embracing Imperfection
The power of workshop teaching is the focus on individuals -- not products. It's an essential shift for us to make as teachers of writing. Our energy is behind students -- where they are today as writers and helping them to get better. (Our energy is not on posting perfect pieces in the hallway.) We know our… Continue reading From the Past: Keep Embracing Imperfection
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Conferring? Please Help!
So first, Wow! Thank you for the comments on the last post. You have no idea how comments fuel me as a writer. Thanks for taking the time. And second, I think this is an important comment to highlight in its own post. Ashlee, on Wednesday February 16, 2011 at 8:34 pm said: I am… Continue reading Conferring? Please Help!
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Conferring: Knowing when to walk away
Conferring is arguably the most important part of writing workshop. It is definitely more important than the minilesson, although I'm not sure it is more important than sharing. That's not the point of this post, though. I've noticed sometimes I don't teach in a conference. Yes, yes, I know I'm supposed to have a teaching… Continue reading Conferring: Knowing when to walk away
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C’mon & Join Us!
Only two more Tuesdays until the month long Slice of Life Challenge begins on March 1! If you are considering joining the challenge, I'd like to invite you to give it a whirl today or next week. It helps to make sure all of the kinks are worked out. It is important to link your… Continue reading C’mon & Join Us!
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I {Heart} Writing Workshop
In honor of Valentine's Day, let's make a luscious list of all the reasons we love writing workshop. I'll start the list here and you add to it in the comments. Sweet! Writing workshop helps writers see the world differently. When people live like writers, they have more compassion and mercy and acceptance of others.… Continue reading I {Heart} Writing Workshop
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Nonfiction Writing Celebration
I've just gotta tell you, I attended an incredible writing celebration today. Not only was the celebration itself cool, but the way it evolved rocked too. It was a true collaboration. It is teachers like Gretchen and Christi who push me to become a better teacher. So the celebration . . . how do I… Continue reading Nonfiction Writing Celebration
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From the Past: Change the World
Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do… Continue reading From the Past: Change the World
