Sunday afternoon we rounded the bend and sunlight glittered off the lake. “Oh my goodness!” a tiny voice whispered in the back.
We turned down the gravel lane, past the monsterous houses which surround our family’s little cottage. “Oh my goodness!” the voice became louder.
We pulled in beside the other vehicles and the cousins flew up [...]
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Welcome to the second edition of the Slice of Life Story Challenge for the month of June. Please link your Slice of Life Story here by clicking on the link below.
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One of the questions on my Year-End Writing Evaluation was “What was your favorite genre/unit of study this year and why?” All of the kids only choose three genres from a list of eight. They chose (in order of popularity):
Memoir
Poetry
Picture Books/Fiction
The unpopular genres were personal narrative, friendly letters, personal essay, literary essay and [...]
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Poetry is one of my favorite genres to teach. I simply love the way the genre empowers ALL kids to have success with their words. (Quite frankly, I wish I could teach it in November, right before personal essay, but for some reason it never happens that way! Making it the last [...]
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THE BASICS:
Late Saturday afternoon.
On the elliptical rider.
Listening to “Bombay Dreams” on my MP3.
Watching the replay of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ‘Farewell’ Speech.
THE BACK-STORY:
When I was in college I volunteered at the White House Office of Women’s Initiatives and Outreach from Sept. 1995 – Nov. 1996. The office was started by Hillary Rodham Clinton. Though [...]
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