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<br />Gigi McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090843830125090541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-45199484002830682512014-11-01T09:16:00.001-07:002014-11-01T09:16:52.908-07:00Recruiting New Fellows!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Brigid Smith-Franeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15200680801415273128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-9821935349543827982014-10-31T16:55:00.003-07:002014-10-31T16:55:56.554-07:00Links for Emily's presentation on classroom journaling:<br />
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Gigi kicked off the morning of Workshops by teaching us (and her students) how to "Show and not Tell" She gave us a variety of strategies to improve descriptive writing in fun and interesting ways. The first strategy used whiteboard kits and hilarious drawing. I will forever have visions of Sugar Plum Fairies falling on their heads. Kids (and teachers) compared their drawings of a simple scene and them their drawings of a more detailed, descriptive scene to learn to improve their own descriptions. Other examples included paragraphs that showed emotion without mentioning the emotion itself, and we got to try our hand at that ourselves.<br />
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Next up, Anne led a workshop on creating more interesting sentences, using a range of activities and resources. We re-crafted an article on the Mt. St. Helens explosion, counted and analyzed the lengths of our sentences, explored a room in our homes through writing, and then improved on our work using "mentor phrases" from New York Times articles. Phew, we learned a lot! Anne wrapped up the time by sharing her system of abbreviations and resource sheets that she uses to give feedback on student writing.<br />
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We had fun with Lucinda's workshop as she walked us through some of the playful activities in her classroom. We hunted for Easter Eggs, saw a new way to review material for a test, learned the benefits/drawbacks of not cheating, and had a good time in the process. We were introduced to blackboard Baseball, which sounds hilarious and messy and lots of fun. Possible classroom applications of Guess Who? and the Ungame were also discussed, and we came away with a fat packet of materials we could use on Monday morning!<br />
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We also were introduced to Haiku Deck as another option for a presentation software:<br />
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Over our break for Lunch/Writing Time, a number of us went to Sebago, where we enjoyed tasty food and beverages and talked about... well... teaching! Shocking, I know.<br />
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We went our separate ways to write, and when we gathered again, Patricia lead us through a low-key (and musically-themed!) discussion of Teaching the Neglected "R". We filled our dance card with partners for Salsa, Hip-Hop, 80's and Country music, and when each genre was played, we found that partner and compared/shared our impressions and take-always from the sections we had chosen to read. It was a neat way to negotiate the fact that we had all read different chapters of the same book.<br />
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For a closing moment, the aforementioned Billy Collins poem was set aside for an amusing (and<br />
apropos) article found by Brigid. It was a list of photos/GIFs proclaiming, "You Know You're A Teacher When..." and included the shock and horror of running into a student at Victoria's Secret, friending by a student on Facebook, and most of all, the tragedy of returning to school the day after vacation.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181456368529488036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-77447276561000626532014-10-18T10:10:00.000-07:002014-10-18T12:14:20.700-07:00Wendy's Video<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYYroKqsk0&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">Wendy's Digital Story</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am sorry I could not be with you today and I am sad that I will miss all of the presentations. But I am certainly doing lots of writing, only I'll be doing it with this view (still foggy at 7:00).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This weekend I am attending a writing retreat at the beautiful Samoset Resort. The weather and foliage are beautiful and I just feel fortunate that Brigid and Rebecca allowed me to miss class and come here. I do a bit of professional writing as a contributor for an online PD website called <a href="https://www.choiceliteracy.com/" target="_blank">Choice Literacy</a>. So this weekend is all about nonfiction article writing. I have already written one piece and will revise it this morning. Our day is filled with gobs of writing time, meeting briefly with our reflection group, eating and walking the grounds and the breakwater. Oh, did I mention that I am away for a whole weekend without my kids AND I have a room all to myself? Yes, I am more than a bit giddy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to share my digital piece. I really want to make book trailers with my students so I explored some platforms. Some required money or seemed too difficult for my 4th graders to use. So I settled on Haiku Deck. Here is my book trailer for <a href="https://www.haikudeck.com/p/1HRWabJMcm/the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane" target="_blank">The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane</a>. </span></div>
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Gigi McAllisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090843830125090541noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-27050831087273743822014-10-05T14:34:00.001-07:002014-10-05T14:34:13.815-07:00Humorous Six Word Memoir...<b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> ...by a 13 Year Old Boy</span></b><br />
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<br />Wendy Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561579893687700565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-91544264975912449912014-09-27T11:38:00.002-07:002014-09-27T11:38:50.065-07:00Materials from Anne's Presentation on Sentences<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N4VZXaCW3C62LS6WG80pMfIU06SclJeyNMxeLqJjixE/edit?usp=sharing">Yarmouth HS SEC Sheet</a><br />
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<br />Wendy Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561579893687700565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-1845750379764602902014-09-13T12:41:00.002-07:002014-09-13T12:41:42.480-07:00<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><u>FIRST SATURDAY -- September 13</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Patricia Opened the day with some wonderful <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/through-childrens-eyes-love-fear-hope-jokes/2012/12/20/1ff1862a-494d-11e2-ad54-580638ede391_gallery.html" target="_blank">six-word memoirs</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We had a quick refresher on the expectations for the Fall (see "helpful links" or the shared folder for the Fall Requirements Doc), and a couple of cool announcements: 1) SMWP is hosting a Writing Marathon in Portland next weekend. Bring a pen, bring a friend, and join us for a day writing around the Old Port!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Book Discussion -- small groups gathered by book choice and answered three questions about the book from the Rethinking Teaching Practice category: <i>Thinking Out Loud on Paper</i>, <i>Room 109,</i> <i>Crafting Digital Writing and When Writing Workshop isn't Working</i>. Each group shared a strategy, idea or concept that participants agreed was important. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just wanted to share this FREE professional development opportunity that is coming in January. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I was reading this book, I kept thinking about what I would post about it. Not much came to mind. Did I learn anything I could use in my teaching? No. Did I learn any new writing insights? Not really. Did I gain an understanding of where the whole idea of the SMWP came from? Yes. Did I need to read this book to understand that? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where the honesty comes in. Besides a captive audience like those of us in this Institute, who really is the audience for this book? No idea, really, except the people he talks about non-stop. It sort of reminded me of one of those "bed to bed" stories second graders write. "First I got up, then I had breakfast. I had Cap'n Crunch. Then my mom told me to get ready for school, then I went to the bus stop and saw my friend Tommy"...and so on. He chronicled every moment of every year starting in 1943!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Truthfully, Rebecca and Brigid, you could have given us a five minute summary and we would have understood why SMWP does things the way it does. Hopefully I am not being too harsh. Maybe I missed something I should have gotten from this book? If you are looking for recommendations about whether to use this title next year, I would say no. (Unless you would like my copy as a donation for a future fellow!)</span>Wendy Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561579893687700565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-10445898835125938452014-08-27T10:54:00.000-07:002014-08-27T10:54:01.610-07:00Chair Writing Activity<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-84517735791652365162014-08-25T06:02:00.001-07:002014-08-25T06:02:27.987-07:00<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-1957d610-0d2c-26ae-150e-a10c7b082850" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Wendy Cannon</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Overmeyer says that story should focus on <i>actions</i>, Lamott says the big focus is having <i>good characters</i> first, then see what they do. In Neglected R book, Monica Wood also stated that the <i>action</i> of the character (in response to 'trouble') is what makes the story interesting.</span></div>
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Wendy Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561579893687700565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-46667688000416352202014-08-25T05:36:00.002-07:002014-08-25T05:49:10.600-07:00Teaching the Neglected "R" Response<a href="http://www.haikudeck.com/p/xqf1BJFGpj">http://www.haikudeck.com/p/xqf1BJFGpj</a><br />
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Hi Everyone, I played around with Haiku Deck. <br />
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Hope all is well with everyone and that you had a restful summer!Wendy Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561579893687700565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-50973586013625196312014-07-05T05:53:00.001-07:002014-07-05T05:53:25.875-07:00Since a few of you expressed interest, here's a link to the <a href="http://adv2thisibelieve.blogspot.com/">"This I Believe" student podcasts</a> I shared after Seth's tech session. I know others in the group have done this with students as well, and I think I'll try it again next year and have students actually submit them to the NPR program. Authentic audience—check!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768507857984456268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-60515906977854313772014-07-04T11:01:00.001-07:002014-07-04T11:01:31.055-07:00Hi folks,<br />
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Here's another feature of the <i>New York Times</i> online that you might enjoy, just personally as writers. It's the "Draft" section of the <i>Times</i>'s Opinionator, which showcases opinion pieces about the craft of writing. To find it, go to the "Opinion" section of the NY Times. Then click on the drop-down menu under "Opinionator" (further down the Opinion home page), and then click on "Draft." You'll find good food for thought this summer, including the following article titled "The Right to Write."<br />
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http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/28/the-right-to-write/<br />
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Her final paragraph reads:<br />
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"A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we’re struck by
something. The thing is to pay attention, to be ready for radical
empathy. If we empty ourselves of ourselves we’ll be able to vibrate in
synchrony with something deep and powerful. If we’re lucky we’ll
transmit a strong pure note, one that isn’t ours, but which passes
through us. If we’re lucky, it will be a note that reverberates and
expands, one that other people will hear and understand."<br />
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Wishing you all a vibrant summer!<br />
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EmilyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768507857984456268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-12640106103510466132014-07-03T13:57:00.000-07:002014-07-03T13:57:00.162-07:00Spilling InkThe website:<br />
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http://www.spillinginkthebook.com<br />
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And the book:<br />
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http://www.spillinginkthebook.com/the-book/Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-67549933832581761322014-07-03T12:25:00.001-07:002014-07-03T12:25:59.475-07:00Here is the main page for <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/video/op-docs/">OpDocs from the NY Times</a>.<br />
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Great for thinking about writing modes, examples of description, argument, narrative, etc, meaningful filler, a longer term assignment.<br />
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<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074474837270979570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-39721662854319988532014-07-03T08:42:00.001-07:002014-07-03T11:56:00.969-07:00Pecha KuchaIf you are interested in seeing "pecha kucha" in the flesh - the next one is in Portland July 24 at Asylum. Here is the link:<br />
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<a href="http://pechakuchaportland.org/events/">http://pechakuchaportland.org/events/</a><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530986551794180047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-9721802448947995092014-07-02T21:13:00.001-07:002014-07-02T21:13:42.961-07:00I know some were interested in hearing more about Anne's recommendation of <i>Louder Than A Bomb</i>, a mind-blowing documentary following four teams' attempts to win the world's largest youth poetry slam in Chicago. Prepare to cry your eyes out in front of your students and see students engaged who might otherwise not be. When I surveyed my students this year about their favorite in-class activities, two mentioned watching this film. Yes, yes, I know that doesn't speak well of my teaching....but watch the trailer and you will be hard pressed to design a more compelling lesson on the value of finding your voice:<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16998631362050361634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4650360559373062946.post-6579816529815852402014-07-02T16:41:00.001-07:002014-07-02T16:41:21.344-07:00Teachers Write<span style="font-size: large;">I just wanted to share a resource. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I participated in <a href="http://www.katemessner.com/introducing-summer-14-teachers-write-guest-authors/http://www.katemessner.com/introducing-summer-14-teachers-write-guest-authors/">Teachers Write</a> last summer and it was great. There are mini lessons, a platform for receiving feedback and periodic writing prompts. It is FREE and you participate in any way you'd like (or you can just stalk). The event is hosted by Author Kate Messner, but visit the site to check out the AMAZING lineup of guest authors. </span><br />
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