My Class Reflections

Super job today, all you busy mouse potatoes! :-) I even posted about you on my weblog to share with other education bloggers!  I know they will be impressed!  You had good observations and thoughts during our group discussion today. I am proud of all of you!

Your homework is to write about something that you are passionate about. Really bump up that writing! Remember all we discussed about this in class.  Make someone form pictures in their head or really realy understand how you feel about your topic and why and how you developed this passion. Of course, go through all the blogging steps for good writing that we have previously discussed. No small task, I know, but you always accept the challenge!

Excellent comments from Jennifer and Emily on Yoceline's idiom story on our idiom weblog! I got a kick out of Jerry's comments on Emily's idiom story.  There was another good comment there but no name to complement.  Remember to fill in that part and use only your first name.

Of course time ran out before we could do some serious editing on our own sites and some humerous, interesting, reflective, thoughtful comments on each other's sites.  There's always more to look forward to each week!

The weather continues to be marvelous.  Be sure to find time to enjoy being outside!  Who knows - you just may spot something else to be passionate about!! 

A few of my favorite quotes about writing......

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.
Jorge Luis Borges

Writing is like baseball or piano playing. You have to practice if you want to be successful.
Betsy Byars

For the writer, there is nothing quite like having someone say that he or she understands, that you have reached them and affected them with what you have written.
Virginia Hamilton

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.
Isaac Bashevis Singer

It is wise to write on many subjects, to try many topics so that you might find the right and inspiring one.
Henry David Thoreau

Comments

[Bob Caine]

As I was browsing through various blog sights, I stopped for a moment to read your class reflections. I saw several things as I read between the lines that you had written. First, you really enjoy the material you are teaching as well as the students. Secondly, you do not see this as a job but a calling.
I do hope the students understand how fortunate they are to have someone like you in their corner. Someone to cheer them on, to guide them and provide them with the information they need to make decisions. I especially liked the way you encouraged them to write with words that would allow the reader to paint a picture in their mind. We must not let students forget that they do have an imagination that is only limited by their willingness to open their minds.

Good Job!
Bob Caine