This was the title of Katherine Bomer's keynote speech which she gave at 9 am this morning. Katherine was inspiring and uplifting and simply amazing. Anyone who has read this blog for any amount of time knows that Stacey and I are both believers in the power of art. About two years ago I went… Continue reading Reading [Student Writing] Like an Artist.
Category: Katherine Bomer
All-Write Summer Institute 2008: Day One
Today I've been able to soak up thinking and ideas and general good stuff from: Penny Kittle. Lester Laminack. Katherine Bomer. My, oh my! To say my brain is swirling would be an understatement. How do I even begin to capture my learning and thinking and growing? I think I'll begin a list of stuff… Continue reading All-Write Summer Institute 2008: Day One
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Pin-Drop Quiet in W.W.
My room was pin-drop quiet during Writing Workshop today. Why? I did that great Katherine Bomer Activity I blogged about earlier this week entitled "Inside Me/Outside Me." The kids not only pushed themselves, but they were so introspective. Once many of them completed the "Inside Me/Outside Me" Graphic Organizer I created for them, most went… Continue reading Pin-Drop Quiet in W.W.
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Process Log Gets My Mind In-Motion Again
When Lucy had us keep Process Logs for each piece we wrote for one of her classes, I (at first) thought it was a waste of time. I wondered how it would help me as a teacher. But, I trusted my professor, so I kept them. By the end of the semester I realized how… Continue reading Process Log Gets My Mind In-Motion Again
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Slight Tweaking
I did some slight tweaking to our memoir unit of study. This is this year's "final" version. Session 1: Writers read and listen to student memoirs and then write in order to inspire their own writing. Session 2: Writers find their life topic by thinking about people who are important to you. One way writers… Continue reading Slight Tweaking
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Gearing-Up for Memoir
We're starting a new unit of study on Monday: MEMOIR! I've taught it twice using Calkins and Chiarella's Book. However, this year is going to be different. Kate and I decided to mesh C&C's book with Katherine Bomer's Book entitled Writing A Life. Our teaching points are from both books. However, we think we might… Continue reading Gearing-Up for Memoir
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How do Notebooks Fit into the Writing Process
A Time for Meaning - Notebooks in the Writing Process, originally uploaded by teachergal. This graphic is from Katherine Bomer's Key Note Address at the 2006 TCRWP Summer Institute on the Teaching of Writing. It's all about how writer's notebooks fit into the writing process. Since we're big on notebooks here at "Two Writing Teachers"… Continue reading How do Notebooks Fit into the Writing Process
