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“To read voraciously for pleasure, because there are so many great books. To write or draw everything you think or feel or believe, because your thinking matters.” –Linda Rief

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Our Dav Pilkey Yarn

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In honor of one of my favorite writers, Maggie Stiefvater, I borrow her brilliant line from The Raven King : "Depending on where you be...
Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Storyteller by Evan Turk

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simonandschuster.com "There's nothing else like it!" This is exactly what I wrote on a sticky note after reading Evan Turk...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Defender by Graham McNamee

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goodreads.com Defender  by Graham McNamee is just what I'm looking for to hook my seventh-graders! It takes less than 15 pages (of...
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Teachers Write Tuesday Quick-Write

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Today's Prompt  led me to notice an ant carrying around a dead comrade. I had so many questions! Where was he taking him? How did he die...
Monday, June 6, 2016

Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago

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amazon.com Two White Rabbits by Jairo Buitrago Two White Rabbits  by Jairo Buitrago, illustrated by Rafael Yockteng, reads, at first,...
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I am a 7th-grade English Language Arts teacher in Aurora, Illinois. I'm passionate about reading, writing, teaching, and becoming better at all three!
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