Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Today’s writing inspiration comes from Kimberly Johnson, Ed.D. She is a literacy coach and media specialist in a public school in rural Georgia. She enjoys writing as a guest blogger for www.writerswhocare.com and counts down the days between monthly 5-Day Writing Challenges. She is the …
Well, friends, last night was the final meeting of classes for me at OSU, wrapping up my first year of teaching English ed full time. We, our writing methods course, ended with an open mic. Students (preservice teachers) read pieces from their journals — writing …
Congratulations! We have shared this virtual space for 30 days — 30 days of words, phrases, images, and lines borrowed from lives lived and imagined. We have drawn from the mentorship of our daily hosts and the poets and poetry that inspired them: Glenda Funk, …
Jessica and Kole are preservice teachers at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma majoring in secondary education with a minor in English. Jessica hopes to one day become a high school English teacher in a rural setting. She just began a job at the Child …
Susie Morice spent 30 years in the public school classrooms in the St. Louis, Missouri area. Long a Gateway Writing Project and Missouri Writing Project veteran, Susie loves what the National Writing Project has done for ELA teachers. Since retiring, Susie worked with professional development …
Inspiration My only brother’s birthday is this month, so when Sarah asked me to plan a challenge, I began thinking about him and other brothers I’ve had over the years. Many of us have memorable experiences with brothers – both positive and negative. Today let’s …
Inspiration Our students have a lot to say about what’s going in their lives. We don’t always give them a forum to voice their views, in part because we don’t know what they’ll say. We may not want to hear the raw truth (and sometimes …
Inspiration Dates. Kisses. Babies. Jobs. Days of school. Concerts. Houses. Root canals. Movies. Firsts. We all have them. Remember them. Recognize the significance of them. They occur daily, and while that number dwindles the longer our existence, these first experiences are not only memorable, they …