On November 14th I received funding, through DonorsChoose, for the "Writing Gift Center" I blogged about in October. I was delighted that someone who didn't know me or my students was inspired by this proposal to donate the funds so that my students could have the supplies they needed to jazz-up their writing and give… Continue reading Gifts from the Heart
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Our thinking is evolving
I noticed that Ruth posted her raw thinking earlier today. Let's just say that there's a lot of meta-cognition happening for both of us now that the NCTE Conference is over. I think the Session that got both of us thinking the most was the one with Peter H. Johnston, Katie Wood Ray, and Ralph… Continue reading Our thinking is evolving
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writer’s block.
Or is it blogger's block? I don't know what to post . . . and this is quite uncharacteristic for me, which means it is also quite frustrating. Since the title of the blog is TWO Writing Teachers, it's time for me to pull my weight. Angela asked me about my blogging process. . .… Continue reading writer’s block.
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A Charge for WNW: Who Has Changed Your Life?
I was perusing Educating Alice this morning and came across a post about two people who've changed her life. I thought that could be an interesting charge, and a lovely way to pay tribute to people who matter to us, for this-coming Wednesday's .
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Word Boxes
Inspired by Donovan's Word Jar and motivated by my school's vocabulary initiative, my students created word boxes yesterday with foam letters yesterday afternoon. These boxes are meant to be kept at home (though one student wanted to keep hers in school) and are almost like a portable word wall, but with index cards inside. I… Continue reading Word Boxes
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Reacting to the World
One of my students e-mailed me a few hours ago asking me if I read a piece of her writing that she gave to me (to read) on Thursday. I read it and was moved for two reasons. #1. She reacted to the world (i.e., the news and a conversation she had with her mom… Continue reading Reacting to the World
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Putting it out there
I just sent ten of my former students, who've expressed an interest in doing independent writing projects going-forward, an iomoi invitation to consider joining me to work on a manuscript for a sequel to DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women. This is what the e-mail said (minus the girls' names): Dear _,… Continue reading Putting it out there
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DonorsChoose Challenge
I started a BLOGGER CHALLENGE over at DonorsChoose.org yesterday in order to get some funding for writing into other teachers' classrooms. Would you believe that someone already donated $100 towards one of the teacher's proposals!??!? AWESOME! Please consider funding one of these proposals that OTHER teachers (not us) in have submitted on DonorsChoose. Your donation… Continue reading DonorsChoose Challenge
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Blogger Challenge
I've started a BLOGGER CHALLENGE over at DonorsChoose.org in order to get some funding for writing into other teachers' classrooms. As you know, our motto is "Write: It's Good For You!" Therefore, we hope you will consider funding these proposals that OTHER teachers (not us) in high-need/high-poverty schools have submitted on DonorsChoose. THANKS, in advance,… Continue reading Blogger Challenge
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Rubrics
Have you heard of RubiStar4Teachers? It's a free website that allows teachers to customize pre-fab rubrics or create their own. Once you've finished your masterpiece (er, rubric), you can either save it online, which I did with MANY of my rubrics, or you can save the rubric on your computer as an Excel Document. They… Continue reading Rubrics
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Reacting to the World
I shared my September 11th WN Entry with my class today since my teaching point was: Writers react to things that are happening in the world around them by writing long about events in their writer's notebook. I was a bit nervous to share it with them since it paints a very vivid picture of… Continue reading Reacting to the World
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on writing
Today I was reminded of a story from Stephen King's book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Here are his words -- My room in our Durham house was upstairs, under the eaves. At night I could lie in bed beneath one of these eaves-- if I sat up suddenly, I was apt to… Continue reading on writing
