3 more friendship quotes/posters for your students

October 16, 2019October 14, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

I’ve added freely downloadable friendship posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways to use these files…

Project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘self-doubt’. Let your students fill in the blank.
Pose the question, “Which one of these reminds you of one of your friends?”
Use one as a theme/’behavior guide’ for an upcoming week.

Friendship quotes/posters for your students

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

I’ve added freely downloadable friendship posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways to use these files…

Project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘self-doubt’. Let your students fill in the blank.
Pose the question, “Which one of these reminds you of one of your friends?”
Use one as a theme/’behavior guide’ for an upcoming week.

Writing Wisdom from Stephen King and Ray Bradbury…

October 1, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

I’ve added three more–freely downloadable–classroom writing posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo . Check out the previewable items.

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways teachers might use the quotes…

Print out and project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘follow him’. Let your students fill in the blank.
Pose the question, “Have you ever reached a point where the character did something you didn’t expect?”
Ask your students which of the three quotes makes the most sense to them.

Writing Bradbury get out of way

Writing Bradbury hero wants

Three more writing posters for my teacher resource expo…

September 30, 2019September 26, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

I’ve added three new–freely downloadable–classroom writing posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways to use the quotes…

Print out and project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘self-doubt’. Let your students fill in the blank.
Pose the question, “Have you ever felt the surge of momentum like the faucet Louis L’Amour refers to?
Say to your students: “Let’s talk about the blank page. Does anyone have any strategies to get past that uncomfortable moment…minute…hour?”

Writing Plath self-doubt

writing start writing Lamour

Writing posters for my teacher resource expo…

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

I’ve added three new–freely downloadable–classroom writing posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

black dog writing poster letting the mind wander is my favorite part of prewriting

black dog writing poster 'wake me when you need a second draft'

Prewriting-mind mapping video for serialized book project

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

mind map of a novel in progress

I added this three-minute prewriting video for visitors to The 7 C’s Learning Expo…

Here is a short tour of the Expo** and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A different kind of writing prompt for The 7 C’s Learning Expo

August 15, 2019August 14, 2019 ~ TMH ~ Leave a comment

four fortunes from fortune cookies

The latest addition to The 7 C’s Learning Expo…

With these fortunes as a springboard, try one or more of these activities:

Have characters use two or more of the lines in an amusing conversation.
Mix and match the various words in the fortunes to create new fortunes.
Compose a story based on one or more of the messages.

I’ve added freely downloadable friendship posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways to use these files…

Project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘self-doubt’. Let your students fill in the blank.

Pose the question, “Which one of these reminds you of one of your friends?”

Use one as a theme/’behavior guide’ for an upcoming week.

I’ve added freely downloadable friendship posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways to use these files…

Project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘self-doubt’. Let your students fill in the blank.

Pose the question, “Which one of these reminds you of one of your friends?”

Use one as a theme/’behavior guide’ for an upcoming week.

I’ve added three more–freely downloadable–classroom writing posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo . Check out the previewable items.

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways teachers might use the quotes…

Print out and project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘follow him’. Let your students fill in the blank.

Pose the question, “Have you ever reached a point where the character did something you didn’t expect?”

Ask your students which of the three quotes makes the most sense to them.

I’ve added three new–freely downloadable–classroom writing posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

A couple of ways to use the quotes…

Print out and project onto the whiteboard, but block out key words or a phrase, such as, in the example below, ‘self-doubt’. Let your students fill in the blank.

Pose the question, “Have you ever felt the surge of momentum like the faucet Louis L’Amour refers to?

Say to your students: “Let’s talk about the blank page. Does anyone have any strategies to get past that uncomfortable moment…minute…hour?”

I’ve added three new–freely downloadable–classroom writing posters to my Sail the Seven C’s Teacher Expo .

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

I added this three-minute prewriting video for visitors to The 7 C’s Learning Expo…

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

The latest addition to The 7 C’s Learning Expo…

With these fortunes as a springboard, try one or more of these activities:

Have characters use two or more of the lines in an amusing conversation.

Mix and match the various words in the fortunes to create new fortunes.

Compose a story based on one or more of the messages.

** Here is a short tour of the Expo and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

Here is a short tour of the Expo** and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]

Here is a short tour of the Expo** and its current collection of resources. [More are being added every week.]