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		<title>Living Like Writers: Storytelling.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stacey and I decided to use Fridays throughout the summer to share inspiration for living like writers.  Since storytelling is on my mind (and many of yours &#8212; thanks for the comments!), I thought I&#8217;d offer this challenge:

Tell a story this weekend.  While you&#8217;re at it, why not tell it a couple of different times [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4735&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor Text Thursday:  The Trucker</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We went to the library yesterday, and my son checked out the same book that he has been checking out on a regular basis for two years.  (That&#8217;s over half of his life!)  The Trucker by Brenda and Mark Weatherby is a hit in our house &#8212; the girls have given it a thumbs up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4732&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Story Matters Here.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/story-matters-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I saw this advertisement on a rare stint in front of a television.

Story Matters Here.

It caught my attention.  Partly because of the design and the color and the lettering.  Mostly because I liked the ring of it.  Story matters here too, I thought.
It has remained in my thoughts and I kept thinking about ways [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4729&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SOLSC</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/solsc-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[slice of life]]></category>

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Leave the link to your slice of life story in the comments section.
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		<title>Memoir Monday.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/memoir-monday-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[writing workshop]]></category>

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		<title>Temporary Blogging Absence</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/temporary-blogging-absence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=4713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten a few e-mails asking me one of two questions:


&#8220;Why haven&#8217;t you been blogging?&#8221; 


&#8220;Are you okay?  You haven&#8217;t been posting.&#8221;


I figured I&#8217;d answer those questions in a public way. 
Basically, Ruth has been kind enough to take-over all of the posting on TWT so I can settle into my new home in Pennsylvania.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4713&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor Text Thursday:  A GOLDMINE!</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/mentor-text-thursday-a-goldmine/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/mentor-text-thursday-a-goldmine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You mustmustmustmustcheck out Mary Helen Gensch&#8217;s blog, Book Savors!  The entire blog is dedicated to using books as mentor texts &#8212; she gives a title, a brief summary, and then a handful of teaching points from the book.  Wow!
While you&#8217;re at it, you may want to read her initial post which shares the mission of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4711&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Like a Writer</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/reading-like-a-writer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=4708</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had many positive comments in regards to Mentor Text Thursdays. This is why Mark Overmeyer&#8217;s recent post may be of interest.  He reviewed two books about reading like a writer.  Katie Wood Ray&#8217;s Wondrous Words is one of my favorite (and most influential books) about the teaching of writing.  The other one is a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4708&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slice of Life Story, Anyone?</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/slice-of-life-story-anyone/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/slice-of-life-story-anyone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=4704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oops &#8212; sorry this is up so late!
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			<media:title type="html">Silce of Life</media:title>
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		<title>Memoir Monday</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/memoir-monday-10/</link>
		<comments>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/memoir-monday-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=4701</guid>
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		<title>Happy Independence Day.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/happy-independence-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy your holiday &#8212; Two Writing Teachers will resume posting on Monday, July 6.
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		<title>Big News!</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/big-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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Stacey and I are excited to share that we have signed a contract with Stenhouse Publishers to write our first book! 

 The working title of the book is Write 180 and is inspired by you, the readers of Two Writing Teachers.  The main gist of the book is we have defined six essential areas of Writing Workshop [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4688&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mentor Text: Subway Ride</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/mentor-text-subway-ride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple months ago I received an advance copy of Subway Ride, written by Heather Lynn Miller, in the mail from Charlesbridge Publishers.  It&#8217;s a new title from the Massachusetts-based publisher this year.  As I flipped through the book, I was impressed with the colorful illustrates, by Sue Rama, which accurately depict subway stations around [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4666&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Mark Overmeyer!</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/welcome-mark-overmeyer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Overmeyer, author of When Writing Workshop Isn&#8217;t Working (Stenhouse, 2005) and What Student Writing Teaches Us (Stenhouse, 2009) has been on tour through the blog world.  Mark, who wrote both books in small 15 &#8211; 30 minutes chunks of time over many months, joins us today for his last stop.  I&#8217;m sure he has picked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4680&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Final SOLSC of the Month</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/the-final-solsc-of-the-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Slice of Life Story Challenge]]></category>
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Join us for the final Slice of Life Story Challenge by sharing a slice of your day with us by leaving a comment with a link to your post.
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		<title>Memoir Monday.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/memoir-monday-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Link your Memoir Monday posts here.
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		<title>Ruth’s Memoir Monday:  Footprints in the Sand.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week ago, I participated in a scrapbook challenge to document a part of my wedding that has yet to be recorded.  I lifted a line from a song sung during the ceremony and then reflected on it in the journaling below the photo. 
The song (07/99)
The photo (self-portrait, CA) (04/05)
The journaling (06/09):  Remember these words from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4672&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updating Our Website</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/updating-our-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/?p=4659</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you been to the Two Writing Teachers Website yet?  If so, you&#8217;ll have noticed that it&#8217;s a place where we have some resources for quite a few units of study.  However, during the school year, things got hectic, and neither of us managed to update the companion to our blog very much!  Therefore, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4659&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the 2008 – 2009 School Year</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/reflections-on-the-2008-%e2%80%93-2009-school-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, June 29th, we will begin our summer posting schedule.  Therefore, I wanted to take some time to reflect, publicly, on my school year, which ended yesterday at 11:00 a.m.




Challenges


I&#8217;m delighted to have hosted the Slice of Life Story Challenge (SOLSC) this past March.  It was fantastic to &#8220;meet&#8221; so many new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4653&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;How you climb up the mountain is just as important as how&#8230; More you get down the mountain. And so it is with life, which for many of us becomes one big gigantic test followed by one big gigantic lesson. In the end, it all comes down to one word: grace. It&#8217;s how you accept [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4648&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Writing Send-Off</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/a-writing-send-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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Everyone received one last notebook!
Originally uploaded by teachergal

I began cleaning out my classroom supply cabinet yesterday.  I found 16 leftover notebooks that were donated to my classroom from DonorsChoose.  Since items donated need to remain in the school if the teacher leaves, I had to either leave the notebooks for the next teacher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4645&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What are your questions about assessment?</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/what-are-your-questions-about-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Overmeyer&#8217;s new book is available early for your reading pleasure!  Just click here to go to the Stenhouse link for full access to the book, as well as a cool writing challenge (complete with a prize).
However, the really rockin&#8217; part of it all is that Mark is &#8220;on tour.&#8221;  He&#8217;s making appearances around the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4641&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Poetry for the Summer Birthday Kiddos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, I was fishing around for permanent markers in my classroom supply closet when I noticed the birthday pencils.  I ordered a gross of pencils from a teacher supply company five years ago and there are still quite a few left?  Why? Well, until 2007, I only gave birthday poem cards to kids whose [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4637&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Embrace the Energy of the Essentials.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/embrace-the-energy-of-the-essentials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to send a big thank you to all those who attended my session today at the All-Write Summer Institute.  I&#8217;d love to hear the essential area that you are planning to focus on in the 2009 &#8211; 2010 school year &#8212; just leave a comment to this post.  For more information on the topic of today&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4634&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth Matters!</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/the-truth-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My students published their research-based essays on the Holocaust this morning, which was not a small feat! I was so incredibly proud of their diligence and desire to produce a quality piece of writing during the final month of the school year.  After their celebration, they went to recess and lunch.  When they returned, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4629&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slice of Life.</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/slice-of-life-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking forward to reading your slices from today.  Looking for inspiration for today&#8217;s slice?  Why not pay attention to the places that are important to your everyday life.  Please link your posts in the comment section of this post.
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		<title>Ruth’s Slice of Life: Indiana.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in Stacey&#8217;s classroom, they opened their day with the poem &#8220;This is Indiana&#8221; by Rebecca Kai Dotlich.  This bit of the poem inspires my slice of life today:

This is Indiana,
veined with fields and farms.
Scored with rivers and lakes,
paved with bridges and barns.
Embroidered with churches
on rich, fertile land &#8211;
in a homeland of Hoosiers

This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4616&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Final Publishing Celebration of the School Year</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/the-final-publishing-celebration-of-the-school-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stacey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cookies?
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Chips?
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Comment Sheet!
Check!
I&#8217;ve often been asked &#8220;What do the other students and guests do at your celebrations?&#8221;  Well, I hold them accountable for commenting on my students&#8217; work.  Tomorrow I&#8217;m having my former fourth graders come to our research-based essay Publishing Celebration.  Here&#8217;s a look at the comment sheet they&#8217;ll be filling out after they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4626&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memoir Monday</title>
		<link>http://twowritingteachers.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/memoir-monday-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;m thinking about the importance of place.  So for my Memoir Monday, I captured some memories from one of my very favorite places of my past.  If you are looking for some inspiration to guide your writing today, perhaps you could also collect some snippets from an important place of your past.  I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4612&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ruth’s Memoir Monday:  Geneva Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruth</dc:creator>
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One of my favorite places in this world is Geneva Center.  Here are pieces from my memory that will someday lead to more writing.


The smell of the campfire that glows on the faces of campers.


The sound of good stories, bible passages, and singing voices.


Laughter. More laughter. The kind of laughter that can only happen in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twowritingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=1220974&post=4614&subd=twowritingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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