I was on Bethany's Blog this morning and came across a meme. Since I woke up around 4:00 a.m. this morning (couldn't sleep), I decided to give it a whirl. So, here I am! Here's the drill with the meme: Go back through your archives and post the links to five of your favorite blog… Continue reading A Retrospective of Posts
Category: craft
Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day 2
I finished attaching ribbon, to the wooden boxes I painted, earlier this morning. I decided I had gotten enough practice painting practice. Therefore, it was time to bring out the stencil and have a go with the stenciling. I've been wanting to do stenciling (using a template!) for years. However, I always made excuses why… Continue reading Stacey’s Slice of Life Story: Day 2
Share this:
Share this:
Getting Ready to Launch a Short Fiction Unit of Study
Touchstone Text: Knuffle Bunny Too -- Craft Moves Chart Originally uploaded by teachergal One of the many books I'm going to use as a touchstone text is Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity by Mo Willems. Why? My kids simply loved it! (Not to mention the fact that the character is well-developed and… Continue reading Getting Ready to Launch a Short Fiction Unit of Study
Share this:
Share this:
STILL: One Little Word
I tried out the "One Little Word" Challenge and came up with this. Not great, but not bad for my first time participating, right? STILL: One Little Word Originally uploaded by teachergal
Share this:
Share this:
A look at some of the writing gifts my students created…
...for parents, friends, Santa, sisters, and more!
Share this:
Share this:
An Inspired Writer
The purpose of Ruth's other blog aims to inspire readers and writers. She definitely did that with me today! I decided that what I had already bought my Mom for her upcoming birthday was not enough. Thus, I took Ruth's idea and transformed a memoir I wrote about my Mom for Lucy's Writing Class in… Continue reading An Inspired Writer
Share this:
Share this:
creative ways of publishing
Ruth is WAY more creative than I am. Therefore, she's my inspiration when it comes to scrapbooking, creating living room wall displays (that's a whole post in and of itself), and much more. Hence, when I read her post entitled "heros" on her other blog, I was inspired by the last thing she wrote, which… Continue reading creative ways of publishing
Share this:
Share this:
the balance of teaching writing.
Do you ever feel like you're being pulled in different teaching directions -- conventions and craft and process? Do you sometimes feel guilty when you're teaching about craft that you should be teaching conventions? Or in a conference when you compliment on the great focus of the writing, that you should be correcting the spelling? … Continue reading the balance of teaching writing.
Share this:
Share this:
The Rules of Writing Poetry
One of my students, Allandra, just e-mailed me this morning. (She's also a co-author of DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women. I'm not sure what prompted her note to me, but she decided to send me a list of "rules" for writing poetry. I've never had a list before, so I wasn't… Continue reading The Rules of Writing Poetry
Share this:
Share this:
“An overuse of craft is cr*p!”
Author Lester Laminack taught a course I took at Teachers College during the 2006 Summer Institute on the Teaching of Writing. He said, "There's only a letter or two that separates the word craft from cr*p." He paused. "Therefore, an overuse of craft is crap!" Everyone in the room busted out laughing when they heard… Continue reading “An overuse of craft is cr*p!”
