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{ordinary}: Five Minute Friday

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GoOrdinary is my favorite. Ordinary meals and ordinary clothes and ordinary evenings. I find myself craving ordinary. I think this is why my One Little Word for the year still scares me (even nine and a half months into the year). Even though I strive for ordinary, the mere word — shine — demands being set apart. I keep thinking if I learn to shine in the ordinary, maybe I can still blend in. Doing dishes and sorting laundry and steaming broccoli.Putting gas in the car and answering email and… Read more {ordinary}: Five Minute Friday →

Teaching Points Lead to Authentic and Specific Writing Instruction

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Before every single minilesson I teach in writing workshop, I write a statement. It always begins the same way, and I never (not-ever) forget to write it. It begins like this: Writers… This statement is a non-negotiable for me because it forces me to boil down the teaching point to something specific and authentic. If I can’t complete the statement, then I shouldn’t be teaching the lesson. Here are a few of my recent teaching points. Writers decide how to enter a new writing project either through collecting, drafting, or… Read more Teaching Points Lead to Authentic and Specific Writing Instruction →