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WNW: Daily Somethings
Ruth provided me/us with a charge to try writing a Daily Something, inspired by Ali Edwards, for this week’s Writer’s Notebook Wednesday. I gave it a try last night. I couldn’t help but… Read More
Stacey’s WN Entry: Daily Something for Wednesday
DAILY SOMETHING WRITTEN AS A NON-NARRATIVE ENTRY: I notice that I have a lot of hair products in my bathroom cabinet. There are gels, a can of mousse, pomades, cremes, serums, and more.… Read More
Stacey’s WN Entry: Daily Something
They started out as little potato blobs on the griddle. However, with a little TLC, they turned into something special . Add the right accouterments and those potato blobs turned into latkes !… Read More
Choice & Genre Studies
After I attended the November 17th NCTE Workshop entitled “Where Has All The Real Choice Gone?” my mind started turning. Ruth and I went out for cupcakes and coffee at Buttercup Bake Shop… Read More
New Header
Joel from “So You Want To Teach” created our new image header. It’s a combination of our old one (sans the paper clips) and a little something new. Please let me us know… Read More
Poetry Friday Roundup
Here we go folks! Shelf Elf: A wonderful little haiku and a book recommendation to boot! Jama Rattigan: Links us to a poem authored by Gregory Djanikian who is the Head of the… Read More
Poetry Friday Is Here! (Please scroll down to submit your poem using Mr. Linky.)
Billy Collins’ Poetry continues to inspire me. The following Collins Poem, “Earthling” was published in The Apple That Astonished Paris. It resonated with me yesterday since I spent a great deal of time… Read More
Personal Essay Rubric
Using the rubric I created for the personal narrative unit of study as a skeleton, I created a personal essay rubric a few days ago. I tweaked it with Kate yesterday afternoon and… Read More
21st Century Literacies (NCTE’s Nov. 2007 Council Chronicle)
If you blog, then you know that websites are no longer the sole way to get information out into the world. We’re living in a Web 2.0 World. Today we have blogs, wikis,… Read More
Creating Folders for “Patches of Thought”
During my first year of teaching I attended a Calendar Day hosted by the TCRWP where I got the idea for creating portable folders for my students to use in Writing Workshop to… Read More
Take Note of What Surrounds You
My students have been doing a lot of noticing in Writing Workshop since we began our Personal Essay Unit of Study last week. Hence, I created this Motivational Poster (of sorts) online. I… Read More
Customized Spelling Lists
I’ve been grading my students’ personal narratives this morning using the rubric I created last month. That being said, I decided not to just grade their personal narratives, but also to use them… Read More
Gifts from the Heart
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… Read More
Thanksgiving: A List Poem
On this day, I am thankful for so many things. I figured I’d create a list poem, with my ideas clustered in stanzas, of what I am thankful for. (I decided not to… Read More
WNW: Mapping Your Teaching Heart & Writing About One Item in Your Heart
Please use Mr. Linky and/or post a comment with your entry. Thanks for participating today! Ruth’s entry can be found by clicking here. Stacey’s entry can be found by clicking here.
Stacey’s WN Entry: The Sadako Project… A Reflection
Coming together, as a class, to do something worthwhile… I wanted all of my students to see what teamwork was about. I wanted them to do something as a group to see the… Read More
A Twist on Heart Maps
Georgia Heard came up with the idea first. Penny Kittle adapted it. I’m bringing it from NCTE to you. Create a Map of your TEACHING Heart. Record the places you’ve worked, the people… Read More
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… Read More
It’s not everyday you get Don Graves’ feedback on your writing!
I learned so much at the final session I attended at NCTE today. The session, “Writing from your Teaching Life,” was led by Don Graves, Penny Kittle, Meg Petersen, and Karen Hartman. What… Read More
