Guidelines for a Publishing Party

by Stacey Shubitz

This was the first time in four years that I ever put together a readers’ and listeners’ responsibilities list for a Publishing Party. However, I think it helped my students get focused on… Read More →

Poetry Friday: Each of Us Has a Name

by Stacey Shubitz

We got married by two rabbis. One of them is a friend from college, the other our rabbi from NYC. In this case our rabbi from NYC, Felicia Sol, delivered a beautiful sermon… Read More →

Messy Mountain

by Stacey Shubitz

I filled in the last three boxes of my story mountain during today’s W.W. I just added my character’s feelings/thinking in blue to the mountain when I got home. Then I started thinking… Read More →

RIWP Spring Conference

by Stacey Shubitz

I just received an e-mail today to find out that my proposal to do a session at the Rhode Island Writing Project’s Spring Conference was accepted. The session’s title I proposed when I… Read More →

Working My Way Backwards

by Stacey Shubitz

I started a story mountain for my W.W. minilesson demo today. I started with the climax of the story: Then, I started working my way backwards: I’m hoping this will illustrate for my… Read More →

Wordless Wednesday

by Stacey Shubitz

Wrapped in Marc’s Tallit for the Sheva Brachot Originally uploaded by teachergal Photo Taken by Zlatko Batistich on Our Wedding Day.

relax.

by Ruth Ayres

I’m not sure what the weather has been like in your corner of the world, but here in the Midwest, it has been bizarre!  (Which may be a bit of an understatement!)  Last… Read More →

A new title

by Stacey Shubitz

When I read Jamaica’s Find for the purpose of introducing it as a touchstone text to my students last week, I felt as though many of them thought the book was a little… Read More →

Walking the Walk

by Stacey Shubitz

As I was conferring with my students today, I realized that many of their fictional characters were just them, but with different names. (They were choosing seed ideas today and developing their characters.)… Read More →

organization help.

by Ruth Ayres

I happened across this website today.  It offers many tips and ideas to help tackle all of your organization dilemmas.  Check it out!  Life Organizers.com

Ruth’s WN Entry: Pride.

by Ruth Ayres

Stacey’s challenge for WNW last week made me pause and think. According to the Merriam-Webster Website (one of my favorites, by the way), Pride is: 1: the quality or state of being proud:… Read More →

WN Entry: In less than six months…

by Stacey Shubitz

This week has been filled with wonderful blog-related things. First, we became b-listers. Next, one of my favorite authors, Jacqueline Woodson, happened upon our blog and posted a comment. And then this morning… Read More →

Poetry Friday: I Am a Tree

by Stacey Shubitz

This poem comes from the book Earth Lines: Poems for the Green Age by Pat Moon. I Am a Tree I am a tree. Like you I … One difference between us two… Read More →

New WN

by Stacey Shubitz

I purchased an extra Moleskine Notebook in August when I was buying for my students since they come in packs of three. I wasn’t sure I’d ever use the 21st one for myself,… Read More →

This time, it’s great to be on the B-List!

by Stacey Shubitz

Ruth and I are flattered that over 100 people have linked to Two Writing Teachers, since we started blogging here a little over six months ago. We just found out yesterday that we’re… Read More →

Teaching Fiction in a Pin-Drop, Silent Room

by Stacey Shubitz

WN Entry – Fiction pg. 1 Originally uploaded by teachergal Today’s Writing Workshop Teaching Point came right out of Calkins and Cruz’s Short Fiction Book – Session 1. While I used the skeleton… Read More →

WNW: Pride

by Stacey Shubitz

A charge for today’s Writer’s Notebook Wednesday: Think about how proud you are of someone or something you’re proud of and write about it. My entry can be found by clicking here. Ruth’s… Read More →

Wordless Wednesday: My Wedding Photos Arrived Online To Me Yesterday!!!

by Stacey Shubitz

WN Entry: Today’s Closing Circle

by Stacey Shubitz

I couldn’t be prouder of my students today. I felt the need to boast about them to my husband when I got home from work this evening since they had a very intense… Read More →

Being inspired by a great picture book…

by Stacey Shubitz

Today was spent immersing my students in the short fiction genre by reading picture books. Here are the texts my students read and enjoyed either by themselves or with a partner: Beatrice’s Goat… Read More →