Liza Lee Miller said: Okay . . . here’s a question for you. As a teacher, as a writer, as an artist . . . what is the difference between a Writer’s Workbook and an Art Journal. My mother and sister keep art journals and ephemera is a huge part of that for them. I… Continue reading Writer’s Notebooks, Art Journals, Scrapbooking, Blogs???
Category: writer’s notebook
SOLS: Mine Forever.
Prior to adult writing time, I read aloud Jamie Lee Curtis' book, Tell Me Again About the Night I was Born. Then, thinking about SOLSC today, I decided to attempt to write about being given my son. It didn't work out so well as a narrative, so I switched genres. Here it is, in a… Continue reading SOLS: Mine Forever.
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Collecting Ephemera.
Today I asked a classroom of students to bring in artifacts from their lives. I asked the classroom full of teachers to do the same. I'm going to hunt for a few items for my new notebook as well. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the "stuff" that represents each person's life. This is… Continue reading Collecting Ephemera.
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Beginning Training: Day One.
Just a little FYI, to let you know that I posted a couple of the slide presentations from day one of the Beginning Writing Workshop Training. Here's the link to the Presentations Page which offers a description of each presentation. Here are the presentations: Writing Workshop Overview Writer's Notebook Introduction Living Like a Writer
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Be A Writer.
This past week Stacey has posted several great ideas about ways she is going to get her students excited about writing. If you've not seen them, then check out her posts from this week -- you'll see meeting area supply boxes, gift wrapping, and writer's notebook enhancements. Next week I'm leading a four day training… Continue reading Be A Writer.
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Inspiring Words for the Inside of Students’ Writer’s Notebooks
For the past two years I've included "My Writer's Notebook/Diamond Search" by Brod Bagert inside of every student's writer's notebook. However, in addition to Barert's Poem this year, I'm also going to be putting some writerly advice inside of the kids' notebooks. These pieces of "advice," combined with the gift-wrapping of the notebooks, should make… Continue reading Inspiring Words for the Inside of Students’ Writer’s Notebooks
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Literacy Gifts
Jen, Sarah, and Ruth gave me some fantastic ideas about ways to make the launch of writer's notebooks and using the classroom library more exciting for children in September. I thought their ideas were brilliant and will be doing both this-coming school year. Classroom Library Semi-organize the books in the classroom library before the start… Continue reading Literacy Gifts
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Where do you write?
Rick's post about writing and thinking spaces made me recall my college years in Washington. I used to go to the National Gallery of Art before every history exam (My minor was History.) to study in an atmosphere that was devoid of distractions. I bragged to my friends about how wonderful it was to have… Continue reading Where do you write?
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Stop & Look Around You: THAT’S WHAT WRITERS DO!
I attended the Teachers College Summer Institute on the Teaching of Writing last week. I'll be blogging about it A LOT in the days (probably weeks, since I have about 100 pages of notes) to come. One thing that strikes me is that nearly every instructor echoed the same message: you need to pay attention… Continue reading Stop & Look Around You: THAT’S WHAT WRITERS DO!
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My New Spiral Spine Notebook
My New WN: All About the S-es Originally uploaded by teachergal I'm departing, temporarily, from using Miquelrius spiral-spine notebooks. I found a Paperchase Notebook I wanted to try because it has a partial velvety cover and decorative pages. It was a bit whimsical and kind of perfect for summer. Further, I took a cue from… Continue reading My New Spiral Spine Notebook
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Summer Challenge Packets Go Home W/My Kids Today
My students' Summer Literacy Challenge Packets are sitting in their mailboxes this morning, ready-to-go. I included a notebook, a pencil, a sticker, and two postage-paid, pre-addressed envelopes so that the kids will be able to send some of their responses to me over the summer if they decide to take-on the challenge. Keep your fingers… Continue reading Summer Challenge Packets Go Home W/My Kids Today
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553 + Counting.
The number of comments Ali Edwards has in her most recent post. She is hosting a contest and to enter, people leave a comment with their "favorite tip to getting the words down on a project." I thought our little Teachers-of-Writing-Community would be most interested.
