1st blog birthday card to ruth Originally uploaded by teachergal One year ago, today, Ruth and I started this blog. For two months we wrote content and tried to finesse it so that it was ready to go "out into the world." And here we are, one year and over 800 posts later! What a… Continue reading Two Writing Teachers Turns One 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.
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All Chocked-Up
Regular readers of this blog might remember how impressed I was with one of my students who artfully mentored her memoir after Cynthia Rylant last month. She's also been writing some amazing poems this month. So, this is what I just got finished writing on her report card (and I'm all chocked-up): Molly listens attentively… Continue reading All Chocked-Up
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Are you up for one more challenge?
When Ruth and I developed Two Writing Teachers last year, we wanted it to be a place where teachers could be fueled with a passion for teaching, writing, and living. We also wanted it to be a place where we shared our own writing and reflected on our teaching: celebrating when it went well and… Continue reading Are you up for one more challenge?
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Literacy For All
Between presenting at NEATE and at NCTE, my fall is going to be very full. However, when I received the brochure for the 19th Annual Literacy for All Conference, which is held annually in Providence, I couldn't resist signing up for a Sunday Pre-Conference Workshop since I only have to travel a couple of miles… Continue reading Literacy For All
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Summer Literacy Challenge for Kids
Jen Barney, of A Teacher's Life, posted a comment on a post I wrote a couple months ago about summer writing loss. Jen suggested that I give my students a Summer Adventure Packet. She graciously sent the one she used to me so that I could tweak it for my own use. This is what… Continue reading Summer Literacy Challenge for Kids
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The First SOLSC of June is Here!
Welcome to the first edition of the Slice of Life Story Challenge for the month of June. You may link your Slices of Life here by clicking on the Mr. Linky Widget.
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Teaching Figurative Language with Mentor Poems
I was conferring with one of my students in Writing Workshop yesterday and quickly found, as I researched, my compliment (meaningful line breaks while drafting) and teaching point (using figurative language, specifically similes). I started to demonstrate what similes were by reviewing the concept of comparing two things with the words like or as. However,… Continue reading Teaching Figurative Language with Mentor Poems
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The Last SOLSC of May
It's time to link your Slice of Life Story to this post by using this Mr. Linky Widget: Invite someone new into the SOLSC Community this week by commenting on their blog and sending them here. 🙂
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Syllables, Diagramming Sentences, and Other Thoughts
I recall clapping out the syllables to words when I was very young. Did it help me as a writer? Probably? I mean, I know where to hyphenate a word when I'm actually writing with a pen (and not using a computer, which automatically breaks the word from line-to-line for me). Therefore, when I started… Continue reading Syllables, Diagramming Sentences, and Other Thoughts
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WN ENTRY: This Work Matters!
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M.M. will begin this Monday, 5/19.
Please join us! Click here to learn more about our newest writing challenge.
