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Ruth’s Memoir Monday: Getting Laney.

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Earlier this week I wrote a quick write in my writer's notebook about getting my cabbage patch kid.  (Last week for Memoir Monday, I toyed with the So What? of writing about Laney.)  I thought I'd get it scanned and then posted in that format, yet, it just hasn't happened.  So, because it's nearly Poetry Friday… Continue reading Ruth’s Memoir Monday: Getting Laney.

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Ruth’s Slice of Life: Messy Bedroom.

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I read in Katie Wood Ray's Study Driven: Showing what surrounds a character can help the reader understand a lot about the character (34). It inspired me to write about my daughter's bedroom in order to make sense of what's happening inside of her lately.  Out of respect for her, I don't want to share… Continue reading Ruth’s Slice of Life: Messy Bedroom.

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Memoir Monday: Sascha 1999 – 2008.

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From TWT_2  My dog died on Saturday around 5:30 pm.  Actually, it's unfair to say my dog, because during the school year, she was Andy's dog.  She was my dog during the summers.  It's funny how I feel just a little out of sorts.  In all fairness, she was just a dog -- it's not something… Continue reading Memoir Monday: Sascha 1999 – 2008.

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Poetry Friday: An Original Acrostic.

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With the start of the year, I've noticed several teachers having students use their names to make acrostic poems.  I was reminded of a post Stacey wrote * about encouraging meaning in acrostic poetry.  So, on my drive to work this morning, I composed one.  I had to dig my notebook out of my bag and… Continue reading Poetry Friday: An Original Acrostic.

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Ruth’s SOLS: October.

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Here's a Slice of Life that I can hardly wait to experience . . . (Is it a SOLS if it's yet to come?  I suppose, since I've experienced it in the past!) I walk outside and around me I hear the last of the birds waiting to fly to warmer places.  As my walk… Continue reading Ruth’s SOLS: October.

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fierce wonderings

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  Fierce wonderings is a term coined by Ralph Fletcher in his book A Writer's Notebook, which if you don't have, you need to go straight to Amazon.com & order it!  I've been privileged to be a part of the launch of writer's notebooks in Christi Overman's second grade class.  In the above slide show, you'll see… Continue reading fierce wonderings