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A Cajun's journey through words: “On Reading On Writing Well”
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A Cajun's journey through words. Thursday, July 28, 2011. 8220;On Reading On Writing Well”. I live in the world of fiction and I don’t ever apologize about finding fiction truer than non-fiction. Truly, I have never seen the human condition as adequately detailed in a memoir as I have in A Light in August. I read The Awakening. For the first time during a summer in the Swiss Alps and, after five minutes of reading Chopin’s book, the mountains disappeared from my porch view. I was in south Louisiana.
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A Cajun's journey through words: poem "I am"
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A Cajun's journey through words. Monday, July 18, 2011. I am from Tony Chachere’s: black, white, and cayenne pepper mixed with salt,. Settled near the greasy stove and a simmering smothered steak. And a black iron skillet on the back burner and chilly beers inside the fridge. I am from that meager Cajun cottage kindly cooled by father water oak,. Last house on the left of Broussard Street; only we not Broussard’s brood. But I am also from Mama Cates’ carefully pruned camellia bushes. Fan letter to Dr....
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A Cajun's journey through words: Fan letter to Dr. Vandiver
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A Cajun's journey through words. Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Fan letter to Dr. Vandiver. July 24, 2011. Dear Dr. Vandiver,. My students asked to read a comedy and, without flinching, I smiled and suggested Frogs. 8212;my personal favorite. I purred the word “personal” just like you did in Lecture 23 on Greek Tragedy. Never mind that I’d never read a comedy, never studied Aristophanes, never led a group of freshman through Ancient Literature, you dedicated five paragraphs and almost minutes to the topic.
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A Cajun's journey through words: Renaming James Moffett's article "I, You, and It"
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A Cajun's journey through words. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Renaming James Moffett's article "I, You, and It". Therefore, Dr. Moffett, I wonder if you ever considered renaming your article “Time and Distance”? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;On Reading On Writing Well”. Fan letter to Dr. Vandiver. Top 10 Takeaways for the Act of Revision. What She Can Do. Response to Linda Riefs article, Whats Right wi. Addressing Falks article Language Acquisition an. Renaming James Moffetts article I, You, and It.
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A Cajun's journey through words: Top 10 Takeaways for the Act of Revision
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A Cajun's journey through words. Monday, July 25, 2011. Top 10 Takeaways for the Act of Revision. Students profit best from writing when teachers emphasize more than one writing strategy, and consequently more than one way to revise. Model asking questions about a text. This encourages the student to ask him/herself questions about his/her text. This effectively guides the student to revise his own work before asking help of others. There are different kinds of conferences, each with its own goal:. Lynda...
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A Cajun's journey through words: "What She Can Do"
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A Cajun's journey through words. Wednesday, July 20, 2011. What She Can Do". Learns best from others’ words. Supports her community in listening too. Questions, many questions. Grandma, were you a good student in school? What did you want to be? When Grandpa dies, where do you want to live? In the car, at the table, on the phone. Smiles gently, sincerely. July 25, 2011 at 1:21 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;On Reading On Writing Well”. Fan letter to Dr. Vandiver. What She Can Do.
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A Cajun's journey through words: Response to "Non-Magical Thinking: Presenting Writing Developmentally in Schools" by Janet Emig
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A Cajun's journey through words. Thursday, July 7, 2011. Response to "Non-Magical Thinking: Presenting Writing Developmentally in Schools" by Janet Emig. Though I haven’t checked my notes, I would think that Janet Emig is a contemporary of Peter Elbow. I hear the same plea in this article as I hear often in Elbow’s books about “teaching” writing. Elbow served as one of the foundational influences for Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington. I tell my 7. Grade English students this often. Another takeawa...
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A Cajun's journey through words: What is your takeaway from the book /The Courage to Teach/?
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A Cajun's journey through words. Tuesday, July 5, 2011. What is your takeaway from the book /The Courage to Teach/? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 8220;On Reading On Writing Well”. Fan letter to Dr. Vandiver. Top 10 Takeaways for the Act of Revision. What She Can Do. Response to Linda Riefs article, Whats Right wi. Addressing Falks article Language Acquisition an. Renaming James Moffetts article I, You, and It. Response to Non-Magical Thinking: Presenting Wri. View my complete profile.
