Entries from October 2009

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

NaNoWriMo for Young Authors

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, as the frenetic writers who commit to this month of insanity lovingly call it (they don’t have time to say the whole thing), is quickly approaching. Get your students motivated to write. There’s even a NaNo site just for them, and while they’re at it, join them!
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009

I Don’t Have Time

You teach. You know your kids respond more when you model what it is you want them to do. But you don’t have time to write. Write anyway. Park yourself at your desk, at the magic white board that displays your awful words on the wall, at that old overhead projector, or whatever you got [...]