“What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else.” ― Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20… Continue reading Write. Share. Give. It’s SOL Time.
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Write, Share, Give: It’s SOL time
WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOLSC bloggers. Summer is here at last, and we hope that your days are filled with all the delights of summer: time to be with family and… Continue reading Write, Share, Give: It’s SOL time
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Two Writing Teachers Summer Vacation
The six of us will be recharging our batteries, planning and brainstorming, coming up with even more great ideas to share with our lovely community of teachers and writers. But don't worry, we've got lots to keep you going in the meantime!
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Writing for the Internet
The internet has changed the way we read and write. Here is a lead-in lesson to consider those changes with your students.
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Summer Institutes Here We Come!
Whether it's an institute put on by your own district, or an expert is coming to town, or if you'll be traveling many miles to take part, I hope that you are as excited about attending your institutes as I am about teaching them.
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How To Read A Unit of Study
As the school year comes to a close, many of the schools I work with are launching into a week or so of in-service, summer institutes, and other professional development. It's "curriculum season" in many places around the country. For many writing teachers, that means diving into the Units of Study for Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing by Lucy… Continue reading How To Read A Unit of Study
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TWT post: Google docs + writing workshop = happy writing teacher (and happy writing students)
When I was asked to pilot Google docs in the last month of our school year, I was enthusiastic... but also a bit blasé. It seemed like a wonderful “new thing”, and although I am all for trying out new things in my classroom, I also knew that I had developed and fine tuned a… Continue reading TWT post: Google docs + writing workshop = happy writing teacher (and happy writing students)
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Office Work
I love the idea of spending the first several days of school learning how to be a writer. By studying other writers’ processes, we can begin to demystify the act of writing.
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Book Review: Linda Rief – Read Write Teach
"I must be what I teach: writer, reader,speaker, listener." - Linda Rief Teaching our kids to read and write with commitment and passion is an ever evolving labor of love. There are so many expert educators to read, so many moving pieces to choreograph, so many new ideas to sift through, figure out and put… Continue reading Book Review: Linda Rief – Read Write Teach
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More Talk
What is the role of talk in your writing workshop? Do you talk about your ideas before writing?
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Time to Write, Share & Give
Share your Slice of Life Story today.
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Get Out Your Calendars! It’s June Planning Time!
If we do nothing else, we do this one thing…Read this post to find out what it is!
