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Poetry Friday June 24, 2022: My Deep Dive into Plath Poetry
This week’s Poetry Friday host is Reading to the Core. Hop on over there for the roundup. Deep Dive into Plath Poetry I mentioned the fact that I was reading Sylvia Plath’s poems when I wrote about the “Spring Break of Sylvia Plath,” but I wanted to add…
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Poetry Friday May 20, 2022: Bat Walk
The Poetry Friday roundup is with Carmela at Teaching Authors. A few weeks ago, I attended a bat walk at a local park. This is honestly my busiest season. Things are busy with my writing life. Things are busy with my job. And my teen is keeping…
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Poetry Friday May 13, 2022: Community
This week’s host for Poetry Friday is Rose Capelli. Hop over to her blog to see the Poetry Friday roundup. More on Rose (and some other poetic friends) below. Community When I picked out my words for the year, I chose NATURE AND NURTURE. It was…
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Poetry Friday: Walk and Talks
Today’s Poetry Friday roundup is over at Poetry for Children. I’m a big routine person. I know a lot of creatives who don’t write or create every day, but I tend to do better if I do. I noticed a few months ago that I loved my weekday routines,…
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Poetry Friday: Nature Journaling
Today’s Poetry Friday roundup is over at Kathryn Apel’s blog. Last year, I started exploring nature journaling. I’m not very good at drawing or painting. But I still wanted to try. No one needed to see my drawings, but I wanted to give it a go. I started with…
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Jumping Back in to Poetry Friday
It’s been years since I posted on Poetry Friday, a community of poets who post their poetry or about poetry each Friday. I’ve been working on writing poetry daily for about a year, so I’m going to attempt to share some of that here. I’ve also been sharing my…
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Mentor Text Tip Tuesday: Pictures as Mentors
Tip: Sometimes students need more than an author’s words to help them in their writing. Many students respond well to pictures. I know many primary teachers that start students out with drawing a picture first, then writing. This can work for older students too. Pictures can be mentors for…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Courage
“…Being courageous doesn’t mean you don’t have fear; it means your willing to act in spite of your fear. Every courageous person I’ve ever known struggled with fear, but they were willing to act in spite of that fear. That’s what made them courageous.” —Michael Hyatt, This is Your…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Being Busy
“Another thing that estranges us from our dreams is everyday distraction. Rarely is the distraction so large you notice it. I’ve never met someone who says, “I was unable to write my great American novel because my house burned down.” Instead, I’ve met hundreds of people who tell me…
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Writing Quote Wednesday: Nurturing the Writer
“When earth is rich it bids defiance to droughts, yields in abundance, and of the best quality.” –Letter from Thomas Jefferson to his daughter, Martha, from Philadelphia July 21, 1793 p. 22 THE DOMESTIC LIFE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, letters compiled by Sarah Randolph In this quote, Thomas Jefferson…