When it comes to high-octane espionage, everyone knows that elite secret agents get all the best gadgets. In this workshop we’ll explore the thrilling world of spy stories and invent incredible technology for our secret agents to use while they try to save (or destroy) the world! One Cla...
Love– My husband will still kiss me goodbye for the day, even if I’m in a zoom classroom with twenty teenagers. The earth– My modest yard is dominated by a pair of huge white spruce trees. For the six years we’ve lived here, we dismissed their corner as a black hole of sharp...
I wrote a flash fiction piece—called 'Hashtag smart'—about a teacher, Mr. Stanley, in an 11th grade English class overrun every morning by a group of 10th grade boys. Discover quirky student banter, T.S. Eliot echoes, and a nostalgic, witty classroom vibe. ...
and I discovered that Truman Capote weighed in on the topic: ‘I was determined never to set a studious foot inside a college classroom. I felt that either one was or wasn’t a writer, and no combination of professors
of Steinbeck’s pro-union sympathy, and many probably considered him a Communist, as his critics among California’s corporate elite claimed. And then there was the conundrum of a chartering all the way to the Gulf of California—not to fish!
Yet isn’t that one of the wonderful aspects of the nature of writing and friendship? The stories we tell change, our friendships remain tethered by the love of words and the evolving dreams contained in them. Writing Prompt Write about a friendship that starts in a classroom or a friendship...
She loves writing about the intersection of physical and mental health, and how positive thinking can change the course of a person's well-being. Amanda has 8 years of experience as a classroom teacher, 3 years as a drug/ alcohol detox mental health therapist, and 10 years of experience in...
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