SIH Spark: What did you study? Did you change your major? I arrived at GW with the intentions of majoring in Political Science and Journalism and minoring in Exercise Science or French. I walked out with a B.A. in Communication and a minor in History. Just a little different than what I originally planned! It… Continue reading Stacey’s M.M.: Young Adulthood (Part II)
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Stacey’s M.M.: Young Adulthood
I chose a two-part SIH Spark for today's Memoir Monday Post. It is: Why did you decide to go to college? Why did you go to the college you chose? Going to college was never an option. My parents expected me to go straight to college upon graduation from high school. We began doing college… Continue reading Stacey’s M.M.: Young Adulthood
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Rapid Writes
Penny Kittle and Don Graves's Quick Writes Book attracted some of my kids inasmuch as I adapted some of the "Quick Writes" for my students to use as homework (if they needed an idea of something to write about). About two weeks ago, I decided to pull some of the Stories in Hand Sparks, from… Continue reading Rapid Writes
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Stacey’s Memoir Monday Post: In-Process About My Closest Friend
Through the years... Originally uploaded by teachergal I took one of the lean prompts, and some of the questions Sprague gave us during the Stories in Hand Class, and used them to start writing a piece about my best friend and I (and how we met). Then, I started doing some writing, in which I… Continue reading Stacey’s Memoir Monday Post: In-Process About My Closest Friend
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Memories of Snow Days
This week's Memoir Monday Post was a cinch for me to do since I'm writing about my roots for the "Stories in Hand" Class I've been taking. I let my writing take me a little off-course from the prompt Sprague gave us, which was, "How much snow was there as a child?" I like the… Continue reading Memories of Snow Days
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“Stories in Hand” Meets “Poetry Friday”
"Characteristics You Inherited" Layout Originally uploaded by teachergal I decided to use the first layout I created for the Stories in Hand Class I'm taking with Poetry Friday. The story spark I used for this layout was "What physical and character traits did you inherit from your mom? From your dad?" However, I didn't write… Continue reading “Stories in Hand” Meets “Poetry Friday”
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Printing & Punching
Things that need to be punched..., originally uploaded by teachergal. I promised to give a Stories in Hand Update. However, there's not much to tell you yet since I've been printing and punching and printing and punching. I'm hoping to start using the story starters Sprague has given us, as part of the class, later… Continue reading Printing & Punching
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S.I.H. Class Starts Tomorrow
Just a reminder, for those of you that signed up and will be joining Ruth and I (and probably 50,000 other people), that the Stories in Hand Class begins tomorrow. Make sure you have a 6" x 6" binder for the project. (Ruth kindly sent me one since this size binder was sold out everywhere… Continue reading S.I.H. Class Starts Tomorrow
