Category Archives: Tips/Blog

Have you read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah?  If not, add it to your list of books to read…to the top of the list.  Outstanding. Moving. Disturbing. A page-turner. The Mosaic Book Club at Studio WISE highlighted it in September … Continue reading →

Mosaic Book Club at Studio WISE: September and October Tuesday 2:00-3:00  The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Wednesday 11:00-Noon  Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker Memories and Legacies: Writing Your Memoir September 26 and October 3, 2019, 6:30-8:00 p.m., Morgan County Library

As summer vacation winds down and teachers gear up to begin another great year with our most important commodity…our children…I want to remind all educators that researched-based writing practices do exist.  We all know that teaching students to write well … Continue reading →

Grief has many faces and comes from many places.  It is different for everyone who walks the path, yet very much the same. It can be a long and lonely path or something that looks a bit different.  One thing … Continue reading →

As I recently looked for quotes to inspire a friend to begin to journal, I found one by E.B. White,  “All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the … Continue reading →

Teachers, please check out my archived posts for some helpful tips for teaching writing to your students.  Also, I’ll have a new little writing book, Teaching Writing the WISE Way, coming out this summer.  It’s more of a pep talk … Continue reading →

Man, do we live in a noisy world!    Horns are honking.  Music is blaring. Tires are screeching. Machines are roaring. Everywhere we wander, there is noise.  Soft noise. Loud noise. Noise typically is “unwanted sound judged to be unpleasant.” … Continue reading →

I was reminded recently after a funeral of a friend that we all leave a legacy, something that will remain even when we are gone.  We are writing our legacies every day, all day, with choices we make and all … Continue reading →

I think we all have been guilty of concentrating too hard on how writing looks on the paper without thinking really about the content of what is being said.  Writing conventions do matter, but let’s teach them in context.   … Continue reading →

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