Some students want to write more than what is required of them in writing workshop. Enter independent writing projects! But how do you go from being another set of eyes on some additional writing a student does to helping him/her go public with their work?
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P.F.: Getting to Know the Teacher
Where I'm From with notes Originally uploaded by teachergal When my former students and I published DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women in 2007, we decided to write "Where I'm From Poems" by George Ella Lyon in lieu of short paragraphs about each one of us. At the start of the 2007-08… Continue reading P.F.: Getting to Know the Teacher
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Stacey’s Student Story
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Seven signed up (so far)
Seven of the ten girls I invited to take part in the new book accepted the invitation. Of that amount, four of their moms said that they could e-collaborate using a wikispace, which I set up over at Wikispaces.com. (It's a private wiki, so I won't be linking to it.) Hence, four of them got… Continue reading Seven signed up (so far)
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Putting it out there
I just sent ten of my former students, who've expressed an interest in doing independent writing projects going-forward, an iomoi invitation to consider joining me to work on a manuscript for a sequel to DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women. This is what the e-mail said (minus the girls' names): Dear _,… Continue reading Putting it out there
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Empowering the Voices of Ten Girls from East Harlem
I've had a few inquiries (personally and online) about how I went about publishing DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women with my former students. Well, I wrote a proposal on DonorsChoose.org, which got funded by a very generous author (whose name I cannot reveal). That being said, if you're so inclined to… Continue reading Empowering the Voices of Ten Girls from East Harlem
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Stand up for something… don’t just deal with it!
My father and I were talking on the phone the other night... He suggested that I spearhead an effort, with my former students, that would lead to a sequel to DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women. Talk about telecommuting!!! I kind of groaned thinking that he wasn't serious. But he was. His… Continue reading Stand up for something… don’t just deal with it!
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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
