Winter Kitten
A winter kitten, this wild one has cabin fever.
NaNoWriMo No 8
I love NaNoWriMo. National Novel Writing Month. Each November. I love that I can choose to write freely, that I can create a world that did not exist before my … Continue Reading NaNoWriMo No 8
Why I Write
October 20th of every year is The National Day On Writing sponsored by National Council of Teachers of English [NCTE] and The National Writing Project: Every October 20, NCTE celebrates … Continue Reading Why I Write
30dayTDC ds106dc Cite Your Sources #tdc1974
Also at Flickr by teach.eagle [me] THE DAILY CREATE #ds106 reply to me w/ tag #tdc1974 Goad @nmcorg into solving internet claim #tdc30day challenge https://t.co/TP7fLYzh7h pic.twitter.com/yVuLklXe0u — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) … Continue Reading 30dayTDC ds106dc Cite Your Sources #tdc1974
Sometimes, a word
Words. They connect us, separate us, explain us, reflect us, amuse us, confuse us, contain us, and free us. Just the right word in the right place brightens our minds … Continue Reading Sometimes, a word
Sketch50 Growth Mindset Mistakes.Fail
#sketch50 45 Mistake/Fail Growth Mindset Flickr: FAIL @grammasheri
Tinkering With Voices in Poetry
Tinkering, playing around, experimenting: that’s learning. So when Kevin Hodgson [@dogtrax] read my “On Starting: A Poem for Three Voices,” he suggested recording those three voices in a podcast. Kevin … Continue Reading Tinkering With Voices in Poetry
SOL17 DoodleaDay Sketch50 Haibun
A Message from Robins A Haibun Poem I awoke to a new day announced at first light by a chorus of robins, a celebration of the last #doodleaday, ready for … Continue Reading SOL17 DoodleaDay Sketch50 Haibun
SOL17 DoodleaDay 30 Tools and Spaces
Doodling is writing in images. The flow for each is similar: idea-draft-share-elaborate-revise-share-enhance-edit-publish. And publishing can be private, shared with a few, public on websites, social media, blogs, journals, etc. For me, … Continue Reading SOL17 DoodleaDay 30 Tools and Spaces
SOL17 DoodleaDay Map Story
Writing. If you’re a writer, you know it isn’t easy. If you’re not a writer, you know it’s hard. Donald Murray assured us that “Writing is hard fun.” In our … Continue Reading SOL17 DoodleaDay Map Story
SOL17 DoodleaDay 14 Inspire Word Art
Inspire Involvement Necessary; Sprout Partial Ideas– Render Excellence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Classrooms of inspiration live by student involvement, sprouting partial ideas, and working together to render excellence for projects that help make … Continue Reading SOL17 DoodleaDay 14 Inspire Word Art
Slice of Life
Rushing in with barely a ‘hello,’ but with scraps of paper in hand, students rushed across the room from their previous class and logged onto their computers in Google Apps. … Continue Reading Slice of Life
Hesitant Writers
Did you read the post today on The Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project blog, Teacher to Teacher: Helping Students Write? It’s a great read with questions and suggestions to help … Continue Reading Hesitant Writers
#DigiLitSunday Motivation
Motivation. It’s pretty simple: we like to do want we want to do when we want to do it because we have a reason and we know we can do … Continue Reading #DigiLitSunday Motivation
Slice of Life I Missed Venice
I’m in class all day. But my granddaughter currently travels throughout Italy with a backpack and an adventurous attitude. Her blog says: A vacation is a break from everyday life … Continue Reading Slice of Life I Missed Venice
Slice of Life Cobbles
Her feet hurt. For hours she walked upon volcanic basalt cubes, the cobblestone streets of ancient Rome. One foot carefully placed, then another. Step by step in shoes without … Continue Reading Slice of Life Cobbles
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