We were patiently waiting at Logan Airport for the gate agent to call us up for check-in. Alexa hadn’t arrived from DC yet. I was flanked by my parents who were about to send their only child abroad for five weeks. I noticed another girl, who looked about my age, with her [...]
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We managed to duck the rain on today’s Providence Poetry Walk.
Ten of my twenty students showed up with their family members to do today’s Poetry Walk. I think having 50% of my class present is a great turn-out for a Sunday afternoon!
Four Writer’s Notebooks from Today’s Poetry Walk Trip of Providence: Taken as we [...]
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My students are starting their poetry unit of study tomorrow. Hence, all of my News & Announcements Charts for the upcoming week have something poetry-related on them:
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Our first, of many (I hope), Memoir Mondays begins here at TWT tomorrow. A few folks asked how it works, so here goes:
When you arrive at the site, you’ll be prompted to leave a link to your post by clicking on a Mr. Linky “image linky,” which will take you to a new window. [...]
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A few days ago Ruth blogged about “end of the year reflections,” where she posted a link to her wiki where one could download an end of the year teaching reflection about Writing Workshop. Still wound-up from my day in Boston, and needing to get focused back on preparing for the week ahead, I [...]
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