…you realize exactly HOW many sessions you have left with your fifth grade students …you realize your dogs are at home, waiting for you to love on them …you kind of wish you had brought snack with you …you’re perhaps regretting doing alllll those sit-ups yesterday …you’ve messed up your scheduling and you wind upContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 21: That Moment When…”
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Slice of Life Day 20: All it Takes
When you get up on the wrong side of the bed,And you’re a crabby ole patty,And your worries And your anxietiesBall up in your belly,And you want to say nice thingsAbout people,Or you want to say nice thingsLike hooray! the forsythia’s blooming!But your mood is a dark cloud looming,And you’re pretty sureThat even if theContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 20: All it Takes”
Slice of Life Day 19: On Identity
Yesterday, I wrote about planning a workshop on identity writing. The goal was to explore: How can I teach young writers about the power of the “default” where it comes to writing? How can I have them realize that characters without identifying traits still get identified – as whatever the mainstream culture would have readers picture? HowContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 19: On Identity”
Slice of Life Day 18: In the Nick of Time
I’m not going to lie…the last several days have been DOOZIES where it comes to getting my writing posted each and every day. So, I’m going to preview a little project I’ve been working on, and I’ll give you an update tomorrow – that is, of course, assuming that some other post doesn’t pull meContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 18: In the Nick of Time”
Slice of Life Day 17: Progress Check
At the beginning of the year, I posted about my One Little Word: quiet. I had chosen this word for the second year in a row because, quite frankly, it got gotten the proverbial short end of the stick. So how am I doing this year? Have I paid more attention to my One LittleContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 17: Progress Check”
Slice of Life Day 15: A Writerly View
One of the things I love about the Slice of Life Challenge is the way it forces me to be on the lookout for things to write about. Seeing, experiencing, thinking or wondering about things causes me to think about how I might write about them, or how people might respond to them. Just today,Continue reading “Slice of Life Day 15: A Writerly View”
Slice of Life Day 14: On Being Smart
My second graders are learning about children all around the world. We’re using materials based on the UNICEF work from the Conventions on the Rights of the Child. Right now, we’re learning about at what every kid has a right to, including the right to be healthy, to play, to have an identity, to food,Continue reading “Slice of Life Day 14: On Being Smart”
Slice of Life Day 12: Prithee
Today is one of those days where I have the delightful problem of having too many things I want to post about. So today, I think I will share my fifth graders’ work with Shakespeare. They spent last week learning about the guy and all of his weirdness, even coming up with their own favoriteContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 12: Prithee”
Slice of Life Day 11: Technically Speaking
There I was, all set to publish a post gushing about the online Slicer meetup we had yesterday evening. What a good time it was! We shared where we were from, how many years we’ve been slicing, what types of writing we really enjoy, and what challenges we’ve faced as writers. I always have anContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 11: Technically Speaking”
Slice of Life Day 10: Current Sitch
There are lots of places around my house that I could work. I could sit in the recliner chair with my feet up, right in the middle of the family room. I could also sit on the family room couch, right next to the hubs as he watches TV. I could nestle under my favoriteContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 10: Current Sitch”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 