Author Archives: Suzanne

In honor of mentoring month (in January) Big Brothers Big Sisters is sponsoring a small writing contest open to all ages K-12th and adult. The deadline to submit entries is Nov 30. There is no cost to enter.  I have … Continue reading →

Figurative language allows the author to add depth and richness to their writing.  For example: My dog is a carnivore.  Good, solid factual sentence, but it lacks pizzazz. In the kitchen, when I’m cooking, my dog is a tap dancer.  Can … Continue reading →

conference with Ms. Suzanne by Nov. 2 (Friday) writing due Friday, November 9, 2012 Requirements: typed, size 12 in an easy to read font 4 – 6 pages double space at least one draft attached with final copy peer review … Continue reading →

“It’s like making a movie:  All sorts of accidental things will happen after you’ve set up the cameras.  So you get lucky.  Something will happen at the edge of the set and perhaps you start to go with that; you … Continue reading →

On Thursday, we will share our writing with another student.  Here’s how to make this time the most effective: author reads story aloud to reviewer reviewer interrupts to ask questions and make comments author writes the comments, etc on their … Continue reading →

Good Titles fit the whole piece of writing and attract a reader’s attention. http://msmcclure.com/?page_id=6215

The Rule of Write about a Pebble from http://msmcclure.com/?page_id=6226   “Say it, no ideas but in things.” ~ William Carlos Williams This mini-lesson grew out of a writing conference writing guru, Nancie Atwell, had with a student who had a brilliant concept that … Continue reading →

Hello students!  It feels great to get back into writing – doesn’t it?  Please do a status of the class comment to this post.  Just write a sentence or two letting us know what you are currently working on.  Thanks.

What are your classmates working on? Varsonofy is writing a new comedy fiction. Mike is revising his story from last year, “To Kill a Dragon”. Katya writes a non fiction piece about her first time fishing. Iganty is writing a … Continue reading →

Please comment to this post with a short one to two sentence description of what you are working on today in Writing Workshop.