My presentation, Inspiring Writers, is divided into a few different parts. First, a read aloud: Second , the slide presentation: Inspiring Writers - Upload a Document to Scribd Next a writer's notebook entry: Make a list of things that make you happy. Click here for inspiring tunes. Then an excerpt from Penny Kittle's… Continue reading Inspiring Writers.
Author: Ruth Ayres
Unhurried. Finding the magic in the middle of living. Capturing a life of ridiculous grace + raw stories.
Inspired Writers?
Tonight I'm giving a presentation entitled: Inspiring Writers. I chose this title a month ago because I knew it was general enough to cover anything I may want to discuss. For the past few weeks I've been struggling with this presentation. Simply, what do I want to tell these teachers? How, in an hour, can… Continue reading Inspired Writers?
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Discussion Forum.
Woo-hoo, I'm going to be teaching my English 9 class in a 1:1 Classroom. This means there is a computer for every student! As you can imagine, the wheels are spinning about ways I can use technology to help students become more authentic readers and writers. I'll be using Moodle as the course management system. … Continue reading Discussion Forum.
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Personal Narrative Texts.
In many of the classrooms I'm working in, we are moving into a Personal Narrative study. I asked teachers to gather books they would like to use to anchor their teaching. Below is a list of some of the texts: A Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel and David Catrow Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,… Continue reading Personal Narrative Texts.
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Memoir Monday: Sascha 1999 – 2008.
From TWT_2 My dog died on Saturday around 5:30 pm. Actually, it's unfair to say my dog, because during the school year, she was Andy's dog. She was my dog during the summers. It's funny how I feel just a little out of sorts. In all fairness, she was just a dog -- it's not something… Continue reading Memoir Monday: Sascha 1999 – 2008.
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Yo-Ho-Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me!
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day (link takes you to Wikipedia; here is the official site). Next to Christmas, this may just be my favorite! 🙂 A little known secret is that I'm an avid pirate-lover. I love all things Pirate (except for the baseball team)! Today my little family of five is celebrating. … Continue reading Yo-Ho-Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me!
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Guiding Quotes.
Today I taped these quotes on the front of my plan book for ninth grade English, which I'm teaching next trimester. It is not enough to be busy, the question is what are you busy about? -- Henry David Thoreau I confess. I started out s a creationist. The first days of every school year… Continue reading Guiding Quotes.
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Poetry Friday: An Original Acrostic.
With the start of the year, I've noticed several teachers having students use their names to make acrostic poems. I was reminded of a post Stacey wrote * about encouraging meaning in acrostic poetry. So, on my drive to work this morning, I composed one. I had to dig my notebook out of my bag and… Continue reading Poetry Friday: An Original Acrostic.
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Students vs. Assignments
Recently I was reading the blog, Without Filters, a new favorite of mine in the blog-world. I came across this touching post, "It's Just a Leaf, Right?." It's about the author's preschool son's rainbow-colored leaf which disappointed his teacher. It reminded me that often times we, as educators, overlook the wondrous ways students' brains work in… Continue reading Students vs. Assignments
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Today’s WN Entry: Remember
Seven years ago, today, I spent time with my writer's notebook collecting bits and pieces of news releases, printed from the Internet. Those pages in my writer's notebook flood me with a gamut of emotions. They're difficult to look at . . . and yet so important. I have a range of news releases and… Continue reading Today’s WN Entry: Remember
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Keep Your Writing in a Home!
Yesterday, Tonya Haywood (a kindergarten teacher who really needs to keep a blog -- wink wink), used Eric Carle's book, A House for Hermit Crab, to talk with her novice writers about keeping their writing in a home (aka: writing folder). She then outlined the basic parts of Writing Workshop and today her students will… Continue reading Keep Your Writing in a Home!
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Ruth’s SOLS: October.
Here's a Slice of Life that I can hardly wait to experience . . . (Is it a SOLS if it's yet to come? I suppose, since I've experienced it in the past!) I walk outside and around me I hear the last of the birds waiting to fly to warmer places. As my walk… Continue reading Ruth’s SOLS: October.
