“Revising makes a person aware of how vast imagination is. One accesses something much larger than one’s self.” – Baron Wormser This diary is my lesson plan for Monday, June 17 2013, for my 10th and 11th grade TRIO/Upward Bound Students. All of my daily lesson plans for this summer can by found at: https://youngpeoplespavilion.com/category/creative-writing-summer-2013/…
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Creative Writing Lesson Plan – Monday 6/10/13
“Perhaps then, someday in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. ” —Rainer Maria Riike, Letters To A Young Poet. Welcome to Summer 2013 Creative Writing! NOTE: YOU WILL SEE DOZENS OF ENTRIES ON THIS SITE ABOUT LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. ONLY THOSE WITH THE CATEGORY…
Harold Underdown: “YA isn’t going away … print end of the publishing business is healthy”
From my vantage point, at least, the excitement was in MG and picture books, and to some extent in nonfiction. YA isn’t going away but those other areas are coming back … All in all, and coupled with the news that membership in the ABA is growing, I got the sense that the print end…
Four Twitter ideas for teaching concise writing, a FREE Ebook and other resources
Here are some activities that I will use in my 10th and 11th grade creative writing class this summer for TRIO/Upward Bound. The strategies teach concise writing and are based on Twitter. However, the ideas can easily be adapted for other platforms including Facebook status updates or text messages. SOURCE: Less Is More: Using Social…
The Urban Liason Magazine Provides Great Writing Samples for Intermediate, Secondary and College Students
I have been fortunate to use The Urban Liaison Magazine with my various writing and communication classes for several years. The writing is snazzy, clear, correct and concise. It taps into themes and issues that are important to all types of consumers. By using a local angle, the essays and wonderful graphics keep my students…
Bebop Books: Common Core Now Supported
This comprehensive literacy program includes resources for guided reading, classroom libraries, shared reading, assessment and ESL/Dual Language programs. Explore our site to learn more about how Bebop Books can help your children succeed in their reading efforts. Read this article by Jeanne Clidas, Ph.D. Common Core State Standards Our Bebop titles support the new K-5…
Young Journalist’s Book: How to Write and Produce Your Own Newspaper
CBS anchor Scott Pelley said at a speech at Quinnipiac University that journalists “are getting big stories wrong, over and over again,” as quoted by a commenter on The Idaho State Journal politics blog. Young Journalist’s Book: How to Write and Produce Your Own Newspaper, is a great place to help children begin learn the…
Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing
This book is about teaching writing and the gritty particulars of teaching adolescents. But it is also the planning, the thinking, the writing, the journey: all I’ve been putting into my teaching for the last two decades. This is the book I wanted when I was first given ninth graders and a list of novels…
Editing Without an Editor Workshop
A fabulous workshop is being offered by two experienced editors: Eileen Robinson, creator of F1rst Pages; and Harold Underdown, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books. Do you have a manuscript—picture book, novel, or nonfiction—that needs work? Do you wish you could learn techniques that would help you revise not only this…
Interview with Tim Federle, Author of Better Nate Than Ever
What is your birthdate?: 3/24 Previous occupations: Broadway actor, with rest-stops at the Super Bowl (as a Christina Aguilera backup dancer) and Radio City Music Hall (as a CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR polar bear). Favorite job: This one! Revealing Questions Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words? A. Honestly? Extremely dangerous. Oh, wait….
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