The Sixth Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge runs from Friday, March 1st – Sunday, March 31st. Anyone who participates in the adult challenge (not the classroom challenge) for all 31 days of the month will be eligible for a prize. In order to be in the running, you have to do a little more… Continue reading Prizes for the 6th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge
Category: Slice of Life Story Challenge
Why bother with a hashtag when you post your slice?
I'm nearing 1,000 Tweets. This is shocking to me since I was resistant to signing up for a Twitter account. I had a-go with it and got into a groove with it in December. I follow other educators, writers, publishers, chefs, news organizations, etc. While I could spend hours clicking on links I find on… Continue reading Why bother with a hashtag when you post your slice?
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Braving the Challenge: A Guest Post by Beth Scanlon
Braving the Challenge Inspired by my writing and the other Slicers’ work during the Slice of Life Challenge (SOLC) in March 2012, I decided to attempt the same with my ninth grade students on a smaller scale last May. My colleague, Lee Ann Spillane, and I designed a ten day SOLC for our student using… Continue reading Braving the Challenge: A Guest Post by Beth Scanlon
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Slicing & Kind Comments
Anyone who's completed the month-long Slice of Life Story Challenge knows the greatest prize comes in the form of a writing community. I recently reflected on the way this writing community has helped me grow as an educator, parent, and writer. I hope you'll take a moment to read what I wrote, which is over… Continue reading Slicing & Kind Comments
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You Have Time.
One of the biggest barriers between us and the Slice of Life Challenge is TIME. We look at our schedules, we look at other's slices, and we quickly jump to the conclusion that we don't have time to add one more thing, especially something like a daily writing challenge to our already too full schedule. Although… Continue reading You Have Time.
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Ten Tips for Creating an Electronic SOLSC for Your Students
A Note from Stacey: I recently asked teachers who've led an blog-based Slice of Life Story Challenge, or SOLSC, with their students to share their expertise with me. After all, I've only led a notebook-based Challenge with my students. Two teachers, Amanda Cornwell and Beth Scanlon, volunteered to write guest posts about their experiences about… Continue reading Ten Tips for Creating an Electronic SOLSC for Your Students
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Start Thinking About the Classroom SOLSC: Classroom Prizes
Everyone wants students to be be intrinsically motivated to write daily. While we can hope our enthusiasm is contagious, sometimes it's not enough for reluctant writers. Working with reluctant writers means providing the motivation without threatening low grades. Creating enthusiasm is hard when a child doesn't feel s/he has anything to write about. It's hard… Continue reading Start Thinking About the Classroom SOLSC: Classroom Prizes
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Slicing on Tuesdays
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Pumping Up for March Slice of Life Challenge!
It's time to start talking and imagining and getting excited about the 6th Annual Slice of Life Challenge. Here are a few things to begin considering. If you've never participated, now is the time! You'll need to start a blog. I promise you can do this. If you have any questions, just ask. Stacey or… Continue reading Pumping Up for March Slice of Life Challenge!
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Tuesday Slices + A Poll
Please link your slice of life story to this post today. As always, be sure to check out other bloggers’ writing by clicking through the links in the comment section of this post. If you’re dropping by to link up quickly today, then please come back later to read through others slicers’ posts. I'm trying… Continue reading Tuesday Slices + A Poll
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Tuesday Slices + A Request for March SOLSC Prizes
Link up your slices today. While you're here, please decide if you are able to offer gender-neutral, writing-related prize to one of the 6th Annual SOLSC participants who writes and links daily.
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Calling All Slicers! Would you assist us with this year’s month-long challenge?
Participating daily in the Slice of Life Story Challenge is a big commitment. Therefore, please do not volunteer for one of the jobs mentioned above if writing and linking for 31 days straight is a big enough commitment for you. If you are interested, please leave the words, “I want to be tech support,” “I want to be a concierge,” or “I want to be the welcome wagon” in your comment, along with the link to the slice you’re sharing, today.
