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Slice of Life Day 15: Dabbling

A notebook that reads "Ridiculously Good Ideas"

Today’s post takes inspiration from a fellow writer. I got to play with some poetic forms and I loved it!

Slice of Life Challenge Day 2: If Only

Wasn’t expecting to cut it close with my post this early in the month, but writing is writing. I’ll take it as a win!

Slice of Life Tuesday: Mom Poem

Going through my drafts, I found a poem about my mom I wrote at this time last year. With her now two months gone, the words resonate differently for me.

Slice of Life: What it Is

I’ve spent some time reviewing Lynda Barry’s book, “What it Is.” Bottom line: it’s amazing! Go get it!

Today’s post features some of the exercises I did while working my way through the book. Give my experiments a peek!

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 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 9: Letting the Nerd Flag Fly

I ama puzzler, a worder,a counter of things(though I can’timagine anyonesurprisedto knowthat’s mentioned in myanswer key) I ama planner,a thinker,a system worker-outer(because I gave youtwo guessesand the first onedidn’t count) I am a watcher,a wonder-er,a looker at skies(and I admit that’s the “C”of myall-of-the-above) I started this post thinking it was going to be aContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 9: Letting the Nerd Flag Fly”

Slice of Life Day 7: Planning and Plotting

Today, I took advantage of a rare day of light classes and meetings to work with a fellow colleague (co-conspirator?) to develop poetry units for a couple of grade levels. Sure, we knew we needed to use the Common Core Standards as the basis for content, but c’mon. It’s POETRY. We want our units centeredContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 7: Planning and Plotting”

Slice of Life Day 6: A Story of Our Own

Earlier today, I posted an article to Two Wring Teachers on “crowdsourcing” as a tool for story building and revision. When I read the post to my fourth grade students (the subject of my article) I could see their nods and smiles as confirmation that, together, we did a GREAT THING. Even my most ruggedContinue reading “Slice of Life Day 6: A Story of Our Own”

Slice of Life Day 5: Testing the Waters

I don’t enjoy writing fiction.

THERE. I said it.

There are times, though, that I do need to pull something together, especially when I’m demonstrating a process with my students.

My students are crafting stories in the style of Leo Lionni. Below is my work-in-progress. I thought I’d share it with you here. Who knows? I may even end up finishing it at some point. If so, you bet I’ll post again!